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[… ? lines lost …] […]…ⲥ ⲙⲛ […]ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ϫⲉ […]ⲛϥ̅ϣⲉⲛⲁⲣⲱ […]… ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅ̅… […]… […]ϩⲏⲧ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁ… […]ⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲣⲏⲩ ⲡⲁ ἀπαντᾶν ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲛⲧ […]ⲧⲁ … […]ⲁⲛ … [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220221
Fragment of a letter with a request TM 220221Theben
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Small fragment of a Coptic ostracon, probably a letter, from the Theban area. Only scattered phrases survive, including a polite request ("do me the kindness"), "perhaps" and the Greek verb "to meet".
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] and
[…] that
[…] he (?) inquires about (?) […]
[…] do me the kindness and […]
[…]
[…] heart (?) that […]
[… a]ccording as […]
[…] is […] perhaps my […]
to meet (?) them […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
The Greek loanword apantan ("to meet, to come to") appears in the Coptic text. Most readings are too broken for a connected sense.
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.