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ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲅⲣ ⲧἐντολή ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉⲕⲃⲏⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉπρεσβύτερος ⲉⲓ † ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220259
Letter to Apa Psate asking him to wait for the priest TM 220259Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon asking Apa Psate to carry out an instruction and to wait until the priest arrives. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
Be so kind, apa Psate, and carry out the instruction. Look, wait until the priest comes.
Farewell.
The phrase rendered "wait" (literally "look out" or "watch") is uncertain in reading. "Priest" translates presbyteros, a church elder or priest.
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.