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ϩⲁⲑⲏ μέν ⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲧⲏⲣϥ […] ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲕⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ κατά ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲁⲁⲃ ⲛϣⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲓⲱϩⲛⲥ[…] […] ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ […] […] ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220180
Letter requesting money to be sent through Ioannes TM 220180Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from Thebes in which the writer, styling himself 'the most humble', sends greetings, including from Petros and others, and asks the addressee to kindly send a sum, apparently of copper coins, through a certain Ioannes. An Andreas is also mentioned.
In English machine translation
Before all things, I, the most humble, greet you greatly in all completeness […]
Petros your brother and [those who] belong to you, all of them, each by name, in the Lord. Now, [do]
the kindness and send
30 times 100 (?) [copper coins (?)]
to me through Ioannes […]
[…] Andreas […]
[…] Farewell (?) […]
The sum ('thirty hundred' of something, restored as copper money) is uncertain because the unit is largely restored. The phrase 'my humility' is a standard monastic self-designation in Coptic letters.
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.