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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219982
Letter to the holy man Moses asking for prayer TM 219982Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes addressed to Moses, called 'the man of God', in which the writer, describing himself as 'the most humble', asks him to pray for him and show him mercy, and sends greetings.
In English machine translation
[…]
greet (?) […]
Moses,
the man of God,
pray for me, by the love of God,
[do] a mercy with me in the […]
which is good.
[…] you greet […]
[…]laulos (?) […]
First, he […] Moses.
First of all, [my word (?)], the most humble one:
[I write], greeting my […]
[…]
The opening lines are very damaged and the translation of the first lines is conjectural. 'Man of God' is a common Coptic epithet for a monk or holy man.
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.