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Title Letter
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 1326
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On brown ribbed pottery
Lines On recto: 16 lines in Coptic
Recto/Verso Source of description: On recto: letter
Origin Thebes
More from Thebes
Language Coptic
Date VIIth - VIIIth century A.D.
More from the period between 600 CE and 799 CE
Note (general) Number 142 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. All ostraca in this volume were on loan from the Egyptian government and had been returned to Egypt by the time of publication.
Note (general) Location: Oriental Institute
Note (general) Pub. status: Published: recto
Subjects Letter; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Abraham
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 1326, recto: ... (1) Since you have already bought the tremis' worth (2) of wheat for me, (namely) (3) four artabas (4) and four maje, now please (5) give a ho to Abraham (6) my son--for he came (7) to me--and keep the remainder with you, (8) until God ordain that I come (9) and settle about the other (10) remainder of the linens for which I owe. But (11) by all means, delay not to give it to him. (12) That which I have agreed upon with you I am seeking from you, (13) namely, the four artabas and (14) four maje for which I owe and which I shall (15) pay you.