Fragment of a Coptic letter mentioning a brother and a copy TM 220212Theben

Small fragments of a Coptic ostracon, probably a letter, from Thebes. Only scattered phrases survive, mentioning 'our brother', travelling south, 'the time', writing and a copy.

In English machine translation

The Greek loanwords kairos ('time, opportunity') and antigraphon ('copy') appear in the Coptic text. The letter genre is inferred from the first-person and second-person phrasing.

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.