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Letter from Patermoute to his brother about errands in the church TM 87598Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII

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A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Patermoute to his brother P[…], asking him, as an act of charity, to go into the church and the place of assembly to see to some objects (a beam, flax, a rope) and to send items, with greetings to a certain Kala[…]. It comes from the monastic settlement of Wadi Sarga, dating to the 6th-8th century AD.

In English machine translation

Patermoute, who writes to my brother P[…]: Greetings to you. And may your [charity?] reach […] the great love, and go into the dwelling place […] and go into the church and see this beam (?) […] beneath the place of assembly […] this third (?) of a tongue (?) of flax (?) for me, and this rope […] go up on […] And greet Kala[…] for me, and the jar (?) […] And do the charity […] pouring (?) go to […] to this hook (?) of […] the crooked one (?) for me […] And send twelve […] […] for me in their measure (?). † Sepat[…] […]

Many words are broken at line ends and several readings (beam, flax, hook, rope) are uncertain. The Greek term agape here means charity or a kindness asked of the recipient.

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.

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