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Letter from the presbyter Viktor to the anchorite Moses asking for a book TM 220309Theben

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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area in which the presbyter Viktor asks the anchorite Moses to send him a book by a brother acting as messenger, promising to return it. He stresses that the need is urgent.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] greeting your brotherliness […] who are good and after them (?). I exhort your brotherliness to send me the book through this brother, and send it to me through him, so that you may receive it again and we send it back to you, with thanks. But by all means [verso] […] send it to me with haste, for you know that the need is very, very great. Deliver it to the God-loving brother Moses the anchorite, from Viktor the most humble presbyter. †

The word translated 'book' (ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ) can mean a book or a written document. The opening lines are damaged, so the greeting is only partly understood.

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.

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