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[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲙⲡϫⲟ …[…] […]ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲛ … […]ⲛ ⲛ…ⲥⲉⲓ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ … ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ
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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.
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.
[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲙⲡϫⲟ …[…] […]ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲛ … […]ⲛ ⲛ…ⲥⲉⲓ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ … ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ
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