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⳨ ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓ προσκυνεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱ ⲧ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁ ⲁ ⲁ ϣ … ⲑⲏ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ … ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲁⲣⲱⲛ ⲥⲉⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲛⲟ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219974
Writing exercise with letter greeting formula and the names Moses and Aaron TM 219974Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon from Thebes that opens with a standard letter greeting and then repeats phrases, including the names Moses and Aaron. It looks like a writing exercise or practice of epistolary formulas rather than a letter actually sent.
In English machine translation
⳨ Before all things I greet (proskynein) your fatherhood (?) [...]
And after it, a a a sh [...]
[Be]fore all things [...]
Moses and Aaron
are holy. I [...]
The repeated opening formula and the isolated letters 'a a a' suggest scribal practice. The word rendered 'fatherhood' is uncertain in the edition's spelling.
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.