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ϩⲁⲑⲉ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος […]ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ … ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […] ϩⲱ ⲉⲡⲉ[…] [… 1 line lost …] ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲙⲉⲣⲟⲩ[…] […]ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ […]ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ⲛⲥⲁⲩⲧⲛ [… 3 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219944
Fragmentary letter from 'the least' to a God-loving addressee TM 219944Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area, opening with the standard formula in which the sender calls himself 'the least' and greets a 'God-loving' addressee. Only scattered phrases of the body survive.
In English machine translation
Before my words,
I, the least [...], write, greeting [...]
God-loving [...]
also [...]
[... 1 line lost ...]
[...] Anoumerou (?) [...]
[...] go in
[...] which I [...] spun (?) [...]
[... 3 lines lost ...]
The opening 'Before my words' and the self-designation 'the least' are conventional epistolary formulas of Coptic monastic letters. The words in lines 6 and 8 are uncertain and may be read differently.
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.