o.mon.epiph.154
[r] † ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉϥⲉⲥ ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ […] […]ⲛ ⲉⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲁ[…] ϣⲏⲣⲏ ⲫⲉⲩ […] [v] ⲛⲧⲣ ϣⲁ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ […] ⲁⲛ ⲧⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲩ…[…] ⲉⲕⲧⲙⲃⲱⲕ ⲕⲱ ⲛⲛἀπόκληρος ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲡπρεσβύτερος ⲥⲉⲛⲉⲧⲱⲙ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲡἐπίσκοπος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86687
Letter sent through Bishop Abraham concerning an apokleros TM 86687Theben (Ägypten)Ende VI - Anfang VII
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A fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter sent through Abraham, bishop (of Hermonthis), asking the addressee to go somewhere and, if he cannot, to leave the apokleros with the priest. It comes from the Theban area and dates to the late 6th or early 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† First, I greet you, my lord. May he (God?) bless you. Be so kind as to go […] […] Emi (?) my […] son (?) Pheu […]
[verso]
[…] when I come to you […] we do not know […] If you do not go, leave the apokleros (share of inheritance?); give it to the priest; they will [bury (?)] […]
Through Abraham the bishop.
The Greek term apokleros (literally 'one without a lot/inheritance') is unclear here; it may refer to an inheritance share or a person. The restoration of the verb after 'they will' is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.