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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220159
Fragment of a letter asking for a kindness and for prayers TM 220159Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, in which the writer asks the recipient for a kindness and to remember him in his prayers. Names and the subject of the request are lost.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] do the great kindness (agape)
[…] and remember me in your prayers
[…] and fill (?) […]
[…] for me, since (?) […]
[…] go to […] farewell (?)
[…]
The phrases "do the great kindness" and "remember me in your prayers" are standard formulas in Coptic monastic letters from the Theban region. The last word may be a form of oujai, "be well", a common closing greeting.
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.