o.sarga.113
ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲟⲩⲥⲧⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ […] ⲧⲛϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲛⲱϭⲛἀγάπη […] […]ⲁⲓ ⲉⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϣⲁ[…] […]ⲧⲣⲓⲕⲉⲧ[…] […]ⲛⲟ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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Letter from Papnoute(?) to Apa Iouste asking a favour TM 87611Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to Apa Iouste, apparently from a man named Papnoute, asking him for a favour. It comes from the monastic settlement at Wadi Sarga and dates to the 6th to 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
Give it to my beloved
father Apa Iouste, from Pa[pnoute].
Do me the kindness, if [it is] […]
[…] we find your great [kindness] […]
[…] there is not […] until […]
[…] trike(?)[…]
[…]no[…]
[… lines lost …]
The sender's name is largely restored from the letters "Pa[...]". The phrase "do me the kindness" (using Greek agape) is a standard request formula in Coptic letters.
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.