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[… ? lines lost …] […]ϣⲓⲛⲉ […]ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ […]ⲉ ϫⲉ ἐπειδή […] … ⲛⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ […]ⲥϩⲏⲧⲉ … […] […]ⲉⲣⲟϥ … […] […]…ⲧ…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220217
Fragment of a letter to a beloved brother TM 220217Theben
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Small fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, addressed to a "beloved brother". Only scattered words of greeting and the beginning of an explanation survive.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] greet (?)
[…] beloved brother
[…] that, since
[…] … which I will send (?)
[…] behold (?) … […]
[…] him … […]
[…]…[…]
[…]
The forms read as "which I will send" and "behold" are only tentative interpretations of broken words. "Beloved brother" is a standard form of address in monastic correspondence and need not mean a blood relative.
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.