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A Coptic ostracon letter from Thebes in which the sender, signing as 'the most humble', greets the recipient and a brother Psate and asks for ink to be sent through Psate, mentioning a papyrus sheet he has dispatched. The letter is addressed to Apa Moses.
The sender's name on the verso is uncertain; 'ϭⲗⲟϭ'/'ϩⲗⲟϭ' is unclear and may be part of a humble greeting formula. The word rendered 'reed pen' is a doubtful reading.
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] ϯἀσπάζεσθαι ⲙⲡⲉϩⲗⲟϭ ⲛⲧⲉⲕἀγάπη ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲁⲕ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲥϩⲁⲓ […]ϫⲟⲟⲩ' ⲟⲩⲏⲣ' ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡχάρτης ⲁⲓⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲧⲁ … ⲧⲥⲏϥⲉ καλῶς […] ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ […] … ⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ […] ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ […] ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ [v] ⲭⲟⲁ ⲡⲓἐλάχιστος
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