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Fragment of a Coptic ostracon mentioning "my father" TM 219849Theben

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A small fragment of a Coptic ostracon from Thebes, probably a letter, preserving only scattered words such as "my father" and perhaps a reference to the clergy. No coherent content survives.

In English machine translation

[…] […]kl[…] […]that (?) […] […] my father […] […] that great (?) […] […] … asking (?) […] […] the clergy (?) […] […] … their (?) […] […] … their […] […] that (?) […] […] small (?) […] […] you … […] […]

The address "my father" suggests a letter, possibly to a monk or cleric. "Klēko[...]" may be a form of the Greek word for clergy, but this is uncertain.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theben

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Fouilles belges dans la nécropole thébaine, inv. 296756 · Theben