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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219833
Fragment of a Coptic letter with request and farewell TM 219833Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, with only phrases surviving, including the expression "God knows", a request to "do the kindness", and the closing greeting "farewell in the Lord".
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] … […]
[…] world […]
[…] God knows […]
[…] … […]
[…] every … I went out (?) […]
[…] … out; do [the kindness] […]
[…] in … carry up […]
[…] Farewell in [the Lord] […]
Only the right or middle part of each line survives, so the sense of the request is lost. "Do the kindness" (ari tagape) is a standard Coptic formula for polite requests.
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.