o.frange.797
[r] ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲁⲩⲱ ϯἀσπάζεσθαι ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ … ⲛⲏ … ⲡⲛ … … ϣⲓⲛⲉ … … ⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉ … ⲁⲛⲁ … ⲛⲁⲕ … ⲁϫ … [v] ⲛⲅ … ⲛϭⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ … ⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙ … … ⲉⲡⲉ ⲛϫⲛⲛⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220327
Letter from Moses to his beloved father with greetings to Epiphanios TM 220327Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from a man named Moses to a beloved father (probably a monastic superior) and his sons, with greetings and a request apparently concerning garments. It ends with greetings to Epiphanios and comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I greet and salute
my beloved father and his sons […] those […]
[…]
[…] greet (?) […]
[…] give them, send them, that […]
[…] to you […]
[verso]
[…]
[…] the garments (?) […] him
[…]
[…]
[…] I greet
Epiphanios very much.
I, Moses.
"Father" and "his sons" likely refers to a monastic superior and his disciples, as is common in Theban monastic letters. The reading "garments" (ϭⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ, possibly sackcloth garments) is uncertain in a damaged context.
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.