o.frange.402
[text A] ϩⲁⲑⲏ μέν ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲱ ⲙⲱⲩ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ μέν ⲛⲧⲁⲕ δέ ⲛⲏⲫⲉ ϩⲛ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ϣⲡϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡϩⲱⲃ ⲙ […] [text B] ⲙⲱ ⲛⲛϩⲱ . [text C] ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219941
Ostracon with letter greeting formulas mentioning Moses TM 219941Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon from Thebes, apparently a letter or writing practice of greeting formulas addressed to a 'brother', mentioning Moses. It contains several separate short texts, mostly opening phrases of letters.
In English machine translation
[text A]
Before everything,
I write greeting your brotherliness, Mo Mou(?)
Moses, on the one hand,
you, on the other, are sober(?)
in everything; take trouble.
Do the matter […]
[text B]
Mo(?)
[…](?)
[text C]
Greeting to […]
The repeated, disjointed opening formulas suggest this may be a writing exercise rather than a sent letter. Several words, including the names in line 2, are 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.