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[r] [… ? lines lost …] ⲉⲉⲟⲩ… ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲓⲥ[…] ⲉⲣ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲧ[…] ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲧⲣ ⲛ[…] ⲛⲛⲁϩⲣⲁⲕ …[…] ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ[…] ⲛⲁ…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] [… ? lines lost …] […]ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ[…] […] … […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220215
Fragment of a Coptic letter TM 220215Theben
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Small fragment of a Coptic ostracon from Thebes, probably a letter, with only scattered phrases surviving such as a request to write and send something. The sender, recipient and subject are lost.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
[…] (?) […]
to me, that […]
do work […]
Now, the one who does […]
before you […]
write and send […]
[…]
[…]
[verso]
[…]
[…] your heart […]
[…]
[…]
Identification as a letter rests on phrases like "now", "before you" and "write and send" and is not certain.
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.