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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219749
Letter urging dispatch of a solidus to the great men TM 219749Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon letter from the Theban area urging the recipient, in God's name, to send a solidus (gold coin) to the 'great men', since the situation has become difficult.
In English machine translation
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Up, do the remembrance of God (i.e. a favour, for God's sake?), and send the solidus to the great men for them, for the matter has become bitter. Get up, fill (?) again.
The phrase 'do the remembrance of God' is an idiom for 'do a charitable act, for God's sake'. The last lines are obscure, and 'fill (?) again' is a tentative rendering; the 'great men' are probably village headmen or officials.
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.