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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220198
Letter asking a brother to deliver something to Apa George TM 220198Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes. The senders say they wrote several times and came by to ask after the addressee without finding him, and ask him not to neglect a matter and to hand something to their beloved brother Apa George.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
[…] we found you (?), that […]
[…] you very much.
For indeed we wrote to your brotherliness a few times, and also we passed by and asked after you, but we did not find you. In all things, do the kindness, do not neglect this; give it to our beloved brother Apa
George through your most humble brothers […]
The beginning of the letter is lost. "Your brotherliness" is a polite form of address common in monastic correspondence.
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.