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[r] † ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ϯϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲱ ⲡⲁⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲩϫⲓⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲛⲁϣ… ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲣ ⲛϥⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲧ… [… 1 line lost …] ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁ -ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ [v] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛϥϥⲓ ⲧϭⲗⲟϭⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲟⲩⲁϣⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86755
Letter to John asking for a man to carry a bed TM 86755Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to a man named John. The writer asks him to send something on to his father Hamer, and to kindly send a man to carry a bed. It comes from the Theban region, first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† Give it to John.
I greet (you). Not as when I went... ...(you) left (?) my house (?), so that they would not steal from me. If you can (?) ... send it in to my father Hamer, and he will send ... [...]
[...]
He said: I will give it to you.
[verso]
Do the kindness and send me a man, and let him carry the bed (?). If you wish (it), no.
Several passages on the recto are damaged and their sense is uncertain. The word ϭⲗⲟϭⲉ usually means a bed or couch; the closing phrase is obscure.
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.