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[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲧⲉⲡⲁⲅ…[…] εἰμήτι ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ϯ[…] ⲁⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲣⲓ […] ⲙⲡⲣ̅ⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ […] ⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲁ…[…] ⲡⲉⲕⲡⲙ[…] ϩⲣⲁⲓ …[…] ⲛⲅ̅[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220241
Fragment of a Coptic letter TM 220241Theben
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Small fragment of a Coptic ostracon from Thebes, probably a letter, with scattered phrases such as "unless", "ever" and "do not let your heart […]". The sender seems to address someone directly with requests or reassurances, but the content cannot be reconstructed.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] … […]
unless (?) I inform (?) […]
[…] not to you ever. Do […] Do not let your heart […]
[…] me, that you […]
your […]
up (?) […]
you […]
[…]
The phrase "do not let your heart […]" is a common Coptic letter idiom, roughly "do not be troubled" or "do not neglect". Only isolated phrases survive, so the translation is tentative.
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.