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ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙ ⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲙⲡϯⲙⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲩⲟⲩϣϥ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲙⲱⲩⲱⲉⲛ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219922
Narrative fragment and opening of a letter greeting a brother TM 219922Theben
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A Coptic ostracon from Thebes with a short narrative passage about someone leaving a place and going in to the people of the village, followed by the opening greetings of a letter in which the writer, styling himself 'my Smallness', greets a brother and compares him to Daniel.
In English machine translation
When he came out
from that place, he went in
to the people
of the village.
First, indeed,
my Smallness
writes, greeting
your good
brotherliness, the man
who is worthy (?) like
Daniel
[…]
'My Smallness' (Greek elachistos) is a conventional self-deprecating epithet of monastic letter writers. The last line is obscure; 'worthy' for ⲛϣⲟⲩⲟⲩϣϥ is a guess, and the opening lines may be a separate text or a practice piece.
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.