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ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγαπή ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁσῶμα ϫⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲓϣⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲧἀπόκρισις ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲓϣⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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Letter asking for prayers on account of illness TM 220177Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes. The writer asks the recipients to pray for him because he is ill, explains that he could not come, and asks for a reply to be sent with a certain Paulos.
In English machine translation
Please be so kind as to pray for me,
because my body
is sick (?)
and I did not come in. Send the answer to me
by Paulos. God
knows that I did not come in.
Farewell in
the Lord.
The word rendered "is sick" (ϫⲛⲁⲩ) is unusual and its reading or meaning is uncertain. "Come in" probably means coming to visit the addressee, perhaps a monastic superior.
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.