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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219819
Fragmentary letter with request for prayers TM 219819Theben
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A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes. Little of the body survives beyond a mention of cheeses (?) and a garment (?); it ends with the usual monastic request that the recipient pray for the writer by lifting up his holy hands, followed by a farewell in the Lord.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] I write […]
[…] brother (?) […] in
the Lord in […] … darkness (?) of the […]
[…]
… six (?) cheeses (?) …
… which […]
… a garment (?) …
[…]
[…] David (?) […]
[…] (?) […]
[…] out. Be so kind as to
pray for me, lifting up your
holy hands. Farewell in the [Lord].
[…]
[…]
Most readings in the damaged middle lines are very uncertain. The phrase 'lift up your holy hands' is a standard formula in letters addressed to monks and clergy in the Theban region.
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.