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[… ? lines lost …] ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲭⲙⲅ ϥⲑ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉϥⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220097
End of a letter with farewell and blessing TM 220097Theben
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The end of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, preserving only a phrase about a need, the closing farewell in the Lord, the Christian cryptograms ChMG and 99, and a blessing on the recipients.
In English machine translation
[…]
or (?) it is the need. Farewell in the Lord.
Christ born of Mary (?) 99 (= Amen)
God will bless you (pl.).
ChMG is a common Christian abbreviation, often read as 'Christ born of Mary', and 99 (ϥⲑ) is the numerical value of 'Amen'. The opening of the letter is lost and the first surviving line is uncertain in sense.
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.