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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ […]ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ […] ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲕⲱ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141073
Letter asking a brother to leave everything and come TM 141073Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, in which the writer asks his brother to drop everything and come so that they can meet. The rest of the text is lost.
In English machine translation
I, […], write to his brother […]:
Please be so kind as to leave everything aside and come in, so that I may meet you […]
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"Brother" may be a monastic or courtesy form of address rather than a blood relation. The final phrase "so that I may meet you" rests largely on restoration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.