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Letter asking the recipient to come to the mountain of Djeme TM 141075Theben

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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area. After greetings, the writer asks the recipient to kindly come to the mountain of Djeme so that they can meet, and closes with a Christian farewell.

In English machine translation

[…] […] the lord (?) […] […] greet your health many times […] […] now be so kind as to come to the mountain of Djeme […] so that I may find you. Farewell in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The 'mountain of Djeme' is the desert hillside of western Thebes around Medinet Habu, home to monastic settlements. The opening lines, including the names of sender and addressee, are lost.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theben

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Fouilles belges dans la nécropole thébaine, inv. 294438 · Theben