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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220022
Fragmentary letter to a 'father' asking for mercy in a time of need TM 220022Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, addressed to a 'father' (probably a monk or cleric). The writer invokes God Almighty and pleads that the addressee's mercy be with him in his day of need.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…]
father […]
our lord […]
God […] Pantokrator [in the heig]hts, who looks upon […]
Hail(?), I beseech [you] […]
[…] that your mer[cy may be]
with me on the day [of] necessity
[…]
The phrase 'God Almighty in the heights who looks upon…' is a standard opening formula of Theban Coptic letters. 'Father' likely denotes a spiritual superior, not a parent.
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.