o.frange.424
ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ϯ μήποτε ϣⲓⲛⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲱⲕ […]ⲛⲧⲁψυχή ϣⲓⲛ […] … ϣⲓⲛⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219963
Opening greetings of a letter TM 219963Theben
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Fragmentary opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, consisting mostly of greeting formulas. The names of sender and recipient and the purpose of the letter do not survive.
In English machine translation
First of all,
I [...] (?) lest (?) greet
I greet you very much, in the fullness (?) [...]
[...] my soul greet[s ...]
... greet
Line 2 is garbled and its sense is uncertain. The phrase rendered 'in the fullness' (hm pjōk) may belong to a fuller expression of greeting.
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.