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† ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […] ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ […] ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲉ[…] ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲱϣ ⲧἀπόκρισις ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓⲧⲟϣⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲣϫⲟⲟⲩϥ † ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86758
Letter from Victor telling a monastic father not to send a man TM 86758Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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A short Coptic letter from Victor, sent through his son Jacob, to a revered monastic father. He reports that the matter for which a man was to be sent has already been settled locally, so the man need not be sent. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD, from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
† Give it to my God-loving […] who is honoured […] Victor, through Jacob his son.
First, I greet your fatherhood. I inform your fatherhood that you went by […] that you would send the man so that I might settle the answer. Behold,
I have settled it here; do not send him.
† Farewell in the Lord.
The verb ⲧⲱϣ (settle, determine) is rendered 'settle'; the exact matter decided is lost in the gap. 'Fatherhood' is a respectful form of address for a monk or cleric.
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.