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ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ μέν ⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […]…ⲧⲉⲩⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲣⲉϥἀγωνίζειν […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219932
Opening greeting of a letter to holy fathers TM 219932Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, in which the writer, calling himself "my Littleness", greets his holy, God-loving fathers. Only the greeting formula survives.
In English machine translation
Before all things (?), the word of my Littleness: I greet my holy, God-loving fathers
[…] … and the strivers (?) […]
"My Littleness" is a conventional monastic self-designation of humility. The second line is damaged and its reading is uncertain; "strivers" renders a Coptic agent noun built on the Greek verb for struggling, used of ascetic effort.
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.