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[… ? lines lost …] …[…] ⲙ […] ⲡ […] ⲛⲧⲙⲧⲱⲧ…[…] ⲛϩⲏⲧⲛ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲛⲛⲛ… ⲛⲛⲉⲛ ϯ πρὸ πάντων ⲙⲱ ⲩ … … ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219994
Fragment of a letter mentioning Moses TM 219994Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic ostracon from the Theban region, apparently the end of a letter with a greeting formula and the Greek phrase "before all things". The name Moses appears at the end, perhaps as sender or signatory.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
…[…]
m[…]
p[…]
of the agreement (?) […]
in your heart.
Greet (?) the brothers (?) …
… I give (?)
before all things
Mo… …
…
Moses
The beginning is lost and most lines survive only as a few letters, so the translation of individual words is highly uncertain. "Before all things" is a Greek greeting formula used within Coptic letters.
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.