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Fragment of a letter mentioning wheat and a garment TM 220133Theben

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A small fragment of a Coptic ostracon from Thebes, apparently a letter, mentioning wheat that is lacking, something given, a garment, and the whole mountain. Too little survives to establish the context.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] ... [...] wheat (?) being short [...] for the two [...] [...] which I gave [...] in the winter (?) [...] for the garment: ... water (?) [...] the whole mountain of Egypt (?) let us find them like this (?) [...]

The readings are very uncertain. "The mountain" (ptoou) in Theban Coptic texts usually refers to the desert area of the western necropolis where monastic settlements lay, and "ⲉⲡⲣⲱ" may be for "the winter".

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.

o.frange.595

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theben

[… ? lines lost …] […]… […] ⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲩϣⲁⲧ […]ϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲥⲁ […]ⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲧⲁⲁⲩ […]ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲱ ⲉϥⲛ[…]ϩⲁ ⲧϩⲟⲉⲓⲧⲉ : ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩ […]ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲙⲁⲣϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲩϩⲉ [… ? lines lost …]

(untitled)

Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Fouilles belges dans la nécropole thébaine, inv. 291465 · Theben