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[…]ⲁⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ […]ⲏⲧ ἀλλά […] ϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲛϩ[…] ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲱⲗⲕ κἄν ⲁⲩϣⲓⲧ ⲛκελεύειν κἄν ⲉⲓⲉⲝⲓⲗⲉ ϯⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲱⲗⲕ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧϥⲛⲁⲧⲁϩⲟϥ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲃ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη οὖν ⲛⲅπείθειν ⲙⲙⲟϥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86795
Letter about coming north to secure a man's release TM 86795Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, first half of the 7th century AD. The writer says he will hurry north to have a man released and will pay whatever the man owes in his affair, and asks the recipient to persuade him.
In English machine translation
[…] me (?) to me
[…] but
[…] until I
[…] with him.
God has ordained that I should release (?) him.
Even if they ask for an order, even if
I am exiled (?), I am coming north in
haste so that I may release the man.
And again, whatever he will have to pay
for his matter, I will give it
to him when I come north.
Do the kindness, then,
and persuade
him.
The beginning is lost, and several Coptic phrases ("release", "exiled") are uncertain in reading and sense. The letter uses Greek loanwords such as agape (kindness) and peithein (persuade).
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.