o.sarga.99
† ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲡοἰκονόμος ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲓⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲕⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛ… ϩ… ⲛⲃⲁ…ⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ca… ⲟⲩⲱⲛ
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Letter from Apa Enoch to the steward Enoch TM 87597Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Apa Enoch to his brother Enoch, a steward, asking him as a kindness to let some little children do something. It comes from Wadi Sarga in the Antaiopolite district and dates to the 6th-8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Apa Enoch, writing to my brother Enoch, the steward (oikonomos) of the [...] (?): Do the kindness
and let the little children of […]
[…] of […] in
[…] open (?)
The word after 'steward' (ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲓⲏⲩ) is unclear and may be a place or group name. 'Brother' here is probably a monastic form of address rather than a blood relationship.
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.