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A Coptic ostracon letter from a monk who calls himself David "the least" to his brother Apa Charis, concerning a book or text to be adorned and sent, and a trimesion coin to be obtained. It is addressed to Apa Charis and Apa Iohannes, and comes from the Theban area.
The trimesion was a gold coin worth one third of a solidus. The reading "book" for the damaged word ⲡϫⲱⲱ[ⲙⲉ] is a restoration.
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.
[r] […]…ⲡ ⲡκανών ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲡⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ' ⲁⲡⲁ ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁψυχή [v] ⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉ[…] ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ […]ⲧⲉⲥⲁϩϥ ⲁⲓϫ…[…] ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ …[…] ⲟⲩ, ⲡⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁ ⲛⲁⲕ …[…] … ϫⲓⲧϥ … ϫⲟⲟⲩ … ⲛⲅ[…]… ⲛⲁⲓ … κοσμεῖν ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏ[…] ⲉⲓⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲁⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲓ ⲡτριμήσιον…
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