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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220201
Fragmentary letter about a man who has suffered troubles, with request for prayer TM 220201Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from the Theban region. The writer reports what someone said about a man who has suffered many hardships, asks that if the man is released he should speak with the addressee face to face, and closes by asking the addressee to pray for him.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…]
[…] the people (?) […]
[…] he said to me […]
[…] (the?) [… ] that the […]
[…] I too, I said (?) […]
[…] him that he has suffered many
troubles for him. But if they release the man, then
let him speak with you mouth to mouth. Do me the kindness
and pray for me, for charity's sake.
The phrase "mouth to mouth" is a Coptic idiom for speaking in person. The request "pray for me, for charity's sake" is a standard closing formula in Theban monastic 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.