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ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲱ ⲁⲉⲓⲧⲓ ⲙⲙⲁϥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲁμέρος ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲛⲧⲏⲓ ϩⲱⲃ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲱϩ ϯ ϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲁϥ ϯⲛⲁἀπολογίζειν ⲛⲏⲧⲧⲉⲛⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86855
Letter sending a small amount of wheat and promising to settle the balance TM 86855Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon sending a small quantity of wheat that the writer gave from his own share, and telling the recipients to make up any shortfall in copper money, for which the writer will account. It comes from the Monastery of Epiphanius area in western Thebes, first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
Here is the little (bit of) wheat.
I gave it from my share. He said, "I have nothing (else)."
If it is not full (i.e. not the full amount), give him copper (money); I will account for it to you.
The phrasing is terse and the exact sense of some lines (who speaks, what is not full) is uncertain. "Copper" here means money in copper coin.
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.