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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86845
Letter to Apa Psan about jars and vessels TM 86845Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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A fragmentary Coptic letter, probably on an ostracon, from the Theban monastic milieu at western Thebes, asking the recipient to send further jars and other vessels when an opportunity arises, with respectful greetings to his 'holy fatherhood'. It is addressed to Apa Psan and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] …
[…] you give the jars (?) to him for the implement (organon).
But please, if you have looked for the other jars, send them to me, (and) instead of the vessel, if you find an opportunity, load them for me. I greet your holy fatherhood before everything.
Farewell.
Deliver it [to Apa] Psan from […]os
[…] …
The Coptic word šošou is taken here as a kind of jar; the sense of the first line, with Greek organon (implement or instrument), is uncertain because the beginning is lost. The recipient's title 'Apa' is restored.
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.