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[…]ⲏⲧϥ ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϫⲓ ϩⲁⲡ ⲛⲉ ϩⲁ ⲛσκευή ⲉⲧⲛⲙⲱ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲁⲩⲛ ⲁⲓⲛⲱ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥⲙⲁⲩⲧ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉϩⲕⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲁⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲱⲣⲕⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁϥϯⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉϩⲕⲟ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲧⲁⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲛⲧⲉⲩ πλήν ⲕⲥⲁⲩⲛ ⲛⲡδίκαιον παρά ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86877
Letter about a starving man and a measure of wheat TM 86877Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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Fragment of a Coptic letter from western Thebes, written in the first half of the 7th century AD. The writer describes a man and his wife starving, swears by God that the man had gone five days without food, and explains that he took a measure of wheat for him, appealing to the addressee's sense of justice.
In English machine translation
[…] him,
that he received a judgment (?) concerning the vessels that are with us. And God knows, I saw him dying of hunger, he and his wife. And God knows that he swore that he had spent 5 days in hunger. I took this measure (taipe) of wheat for him […]. But you know what is just, beyond every man.
The beginning of the letter is lost. The Coptic 'ϩⲁⲡ' (judgment) and 'σκευή' (vessels, equipment) make the opening of the surviving text uncertain; 'taipe' is a dry measure for grain.
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.