o.mon.epiph.242
[… ? lines lost …] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲫⲱⲃ ⲛ[…] ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲕ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲟⲃϣⲕ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲛⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲟⲩⲛ ϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲛⲉⲓⲛⲁⲉⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲁἀπαντᾶν ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ἀλλά ⲛ[…] … ⲛⲁⲕ αἰτεῖν ⲑⲉ […]ⲕ ϩⲱⲱⲕ ⲟⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86775
End of a letter about sending a messenger on an urgent matter TM 86775Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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The end of a Coptic letter on an ostracon in which the writer explains that someone has been sent to the addressee about an important matter, and that the writer would have come in person to meet him if strength had allowed. It comes from the Theban area and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]
concerning the matter of […]
we sent him to you, because it is not a matter to be neglected. God knows
that if I had the strength, I would have come
to meet you myself. But […] …
to you, ask (?) as […] you yourself also. Farewell
in the Lord. †
The beginning of the letter is lost, so the sender, the addressee and the matter in question are unknown. The writer uses Greek loanwords such as apantan (to meet) and aitein (to ask) within the Coptic text.
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.