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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220231
Fragment of a letter with greetings to a brother TM 220231Theben
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 letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, preserving only greeting formulas addressed to a recipient styled "your brotherliness" and a request to send something.
In English machine translation
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[…] greet (proskynein) […]
[…] your brotherliness […]
[…] and I greet […]
[…] us (?) in the Lord […]
[…] your brother[liness] […]
[…] send […]
[…]
"Your brotherliness" is a polite form of address common in Coptic letters, often used between monks or clergy. The Greek loanwords proskynein and aspazesthai both belong to the standard opening greetings.
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.