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Fragment of a letter with greetings and request for prayers TM 220230Theben

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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, opening with standard greetings to a beloved addressee and a request to be remembered in his holy prayers. The rest is too damaged to follow.

In English machine translation

First of all […] I greet my beloved […] Remember me in your holy prayers […] […] today another (?) […] these which I […] to me […]

The phrase "remember me in your holy prayers" is a common formula in letters from Theban monastic circles; "prayers" is restored.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theben

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Fouilles belges dans la nécropole thébaine, inv. 292461 · Theben