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A Coptic ostracon letter from western Thebes, probably from the monastic milieu, in which the writer urges the recipient to come and meet him and asks that a letter be written and sent to a mother concerning a family matter. It closes with an instruction involving Azarias that the recipient come alone to his son.
Several phrases in the middle of the text are obscure, and the translation there is tentative. The ostracon belongs to the Theban Coptic corpus of the 7th-8th century AD, but no date is given in the records.
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.
ἐπειδή ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ϫⲉ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲙⲉⲕⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲃⲗϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲥⲙⲉϩ ⲙⲙⲏ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲓⲣ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲅⲱϣ ⲧⲉⲃⲗⲗϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲥⲧⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲉⲥⲡⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲍⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϣⲁ ⲡⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉ
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