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[… ? lines lost …] ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲛἀγάπη Ἰησοῦς ⲡⲉΧριστός ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁ ⲛⲁⲛ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲛⲁ ἀμήν
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220098
Closing of a letter with request for prayer and invocation of Christ TM 220098Theben
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End of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Theban monastic circles, closing with a greeting, a request for prayer, and a short invocation asking Jesus Christ for mercy. The beginning, with the names of sender and addressee, is lost.
In English machine translation
[…]
Farewell in the Lord.
Pray for me,
for love's sake (?).
Jesus the Christ, the Son
of God,
have mercy on us in
your mercy.
Amen.
The phrase rendered "for love's sake" (Greek agape with the Coptic linking particle) is brief and its exact construction is uncertain. The start of the text is lost.
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.