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ⲁⲓπαρακαλεῖν ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁΠέρσης ⲉⲧϩⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲕⲁⲁⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲙ ⲡϣⲱϥⲧ ⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛⲁⲥⲟⲟϣⲧ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86857
Letter mentioning a request to the Persians for permission to travel south TM 86857Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Monastery of Epiphanius area in western Thebes, first half of the 7th century. The writer reports that, after his appeal, someone wrote on his behalf to the Persians so that he might be allowed to travel south and fetch wheat, and he appeals to God and the addressee's prayers.
In English machine translation
I besought him; he wrote for me to the Persians who are in […] that he (they?) should let me go south and fetch the […] wheat (?). If God and your prayers […] […]
The Persians are the Sasanian forces occupying Egypt c. AD 619-629. Several words, including those after 'fetch' and the end of the final clause, are obscure, so the translation is tentative.
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.