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Letter from Petros to the deacon Apa Joseph about a book TM 220188Theben

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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Petros to the deacon Apa Joseph, sending greetings to many brothers and named people, asking that the letter be read to the priest and others as a command, and requesting money for a book that has been decorated or bound. It comes from the Theban region.

In English machine translation

The most humble, worthless Petros, writing and greeting his God-loving father Apa Joseph the deacon. And I greet all the brothers, from and look, he is coming tomorrow the small to the great. But (above all) my mother, the sister, and Apa and send it to us for the need Johannes and Xiste and Pathermouthios and Seth and Patoui be so kind as to send to me the and Ieremias and Sounthos your brother, who is P[…]loulous. If you give it to the brother, let him read it. Give it to the priest and the brother [and] Pjoui and Cholo, let him read it too. Otherwise it is the judgement (?), this, that they should read it themselves, because it is the command. Please send twenty (and) 100 copper (coins) for the book; look, we have ornamented (bound?) it. Send it, take it for yourself.

The lines appear in the edition in a disturbed order (marginal and continuation lines interleaved), so the sequence of sense is uncertain. The Greek verb kosmein ('to adorn') probably refers to decorating or binding the book.

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.

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