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[… ? lines lost …] ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲁⲛ ⲧⲉ …[…] ϫⲉ ⲉϥⲙⲟⲕϩ ⲛⲁⲩ …[…] ⲃⲱⲕ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲓⲛⲉⲙ[…] ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ϫⲉ ⲃⲱⲕ […] ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲧⲩⲣⲁⲛⲟⲥ …[…] ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ […] ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲟⲛ ⲧⲛⲛⲁ … ⲃⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲁⲣⲁⲭⲥ ϫⲉ […]ϣⲉ ⲛⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ … [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220333
Fragment of a letter mentioning Victor, Apa Tyrannos and brother Joseph TM 220333Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon, probably a letter, from the Theban region. It mentions Victor, Apa Tyrannos and the writer's brother Joseph, and contains instructions to go somewhere.
In English machine translation
[…]
you not ... […]
that it is hard (?) for them […]
go, the man […]
Victor, saying: Go […]
Apa Tyrannos […]
to you. If you know […]
these. If not, again we will […]
go and send (?) ... that […] my brother Joseph […]
[…]
The beginnings and ends of the lines are lost, so the sense of most phrases is uncertain. The form ⲛⲧⲁⲣⲁⲭⲥ is obscure and its rendering is a guess.
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.