o.frange.388
[…] ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ […] ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲟⲛ […]ⲣⲉϥϣⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […]ⲥⲧⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ ϫⲉⲧ […] ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ […] ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲙⲙⲟ […] ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219927
Fragmentary letter of greeting to a holy person TM 219927Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, preserving only the right-hand ends of seven lines. It contains greeting formulas addressed to a holy, God-fearing person whose good repute spreads over the whole earth, ending with a greeting "greatly in the Lord".
In English machine translation
[…] I write, greeting
[…] holy (?), and after this, again
[…] God-worshipper
[…] good fragrance (?) that […]
[…] out to the whole earth
[…] holy […]
[…] greatly in the Lord.
The word read as "fragrance" (ⲥⲧⲓ ⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ) is a common metaphor in Coptic monastic letters for a person's good reputation spreading abroad. The left part of every line is lost.
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.