o.mon.epiph.289
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛπαρακαλεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ϩⲁ ⲡὁλοκόττινος ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲛⲁⲁⲩ ⲁⲕἀμελεῖν ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ϯ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲓ ⲛϥϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧ μήποτε ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲥⲟⲛ ⲧⲱϩ[…] ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ […] ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86822
Letter requesting payment of coppers owed for a solidus TM 86822Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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A Coptic ostracon letter asking a fellow monk, addressed as 'your brotherliness', to settle a long-neglected matter of a solidus by handing all the copper coins to Iohannes so that a man can collect them. It comes from the monastic community of Epiphanius at Thebes, first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
Be so kind, you know that we entreated your brotherliness concerning the solidus of our (?) [...]; you have neglected it until now. Be so kind as to give all the coppers to Iohannes, so that the man may come and find them ready, lest the brother [...] (?) [...].
(Address:) Give it to our [brother Ioha]nnes, through [...] the brethren (?).
The solidus (holokottinos) was the standard gold coin; 'coppers' (homnt) refers to small bronze change. The phrase rendered 'of our (?)' is obscure in the original.
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.