DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 — P.Köln.Ägypt. 2 43

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Source: DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 (TM 942786), EpiDoc TEI from corpus/incoming/ddbdp-papyri-info/extracted/idp.data-master/DDbDP/942/942786.xml (github.com/papyri/idp.data, branch master, staged 2026-09-10 by worker W-B2); edition: P.Köln.Ägypt. 2 43

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1⳨ ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛϩⲱϥ ⲛⲓⲙ⳨ ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛ‹ϩⲱϥ→ϩⲱⲃ› ⲛⲓⲙdraft · high+ Before and above all things
2ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉ‹ⲡⲉⲉⲟⲟⲩ→ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ› ⲛⲧⲉⲕdraft · highI greet the glory of your
3ⲙⲉⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ‹ⲙⲉⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲧ→ⲙⲛⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲧ› ‹ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ→ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ› ⲁⲩⲱdraft · highhonoured fatherhood, and
4ⲉⲧϩⲟⲗⲉϭ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲉⲧϩⲟⲗⲉϭ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉdraft · mediumwhich is sweet through God
5ⲙⲛ̅ ⸢ⲛⲉⲣⲙ̣ⲙⲉ⸣⟦ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ⟧ ⲥⲉⲩ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲩⲙⲛ̅ ‹ⲛⲉⲣⲙⲙⲉ→ⲛⲉⲣⲙ ⲙⲙⲉ› ‹ⲥⲉⲩ→ⲥⲉ› ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲩdraft · mediumand men. I greet every-
6ⲟⲛ ⲛ̣ⲓⲙ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲁ ⲧⲉⲕϩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲁ ⲧⲉⲕ‹ϩdraft · high-one who is under your sub-
7ⲏⲡⲟⲧⲁⲕⲩ ⲭⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉ ϯⲧⲁⲏⲡⲟⲧⲁⲕⲩ→ὑποταγή› ‹ⲭⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉ→χαίρειν› ϯⲧⲁdraft · high-ordination. Greetings. I in-
8ⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲧ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲕ‹ⲙⲉⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲧ→ⲙⲛⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲧ› ϫⲉ ⲁⲕdraft · high-form your fatherhood that you
9ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲧⲛ̅ ⲯⲁϩⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲧⲛ̅ ⲯⲁϩdraft · mediumwrote to me northward through Psah-
10ⲕⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥⲕⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲣⲁϣⲉ ‹ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ→καλῶς›draft · low-kyros (?); I rejoiced greatly
11ⲛⲇⲉⲣⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ̅ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉ‹ⲛⲇⲉⲣⲓ→ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲓ›ϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ̅ ⲛⲧⲉⲕ‹ⲙⲉdraft · highwhen I received the letters of your
12ⲧⲓ̈ⲱⲧ ϯ̣ⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲧⲓ̈ⲱⲧ→ⲙⲛⲧⲓ̈ⲱⲧ› ϯⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉdraft · highfatherhood. Now then God
13ⲉⲣ ⲡⲛ̅ⲁ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛ̅ ⲁⲫⲱⲃⲉⲣ ⲡⲛ̅ⲁ ‹ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛ̅→ⲛ̅ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲛ› ⲁⲫⲱⲃdraft · mediumhas had mercy on us: the matter
14ⲉⲣ ϣⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲗⲱ̅ⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲃⲕⲁⲉⲣ ϣⲁⲩ ‹ⲕⲁⲗⲱ̅ⲥ→καλῶς› ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲃ‹ⲕⲁdraft · lowhas turned out useful, well, and it has gone
15ⲑⲏⲅⲩ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲡϯⲙⲉⲑⲏⲅⲩ→καθηγεῖσθαι› ‹ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ→καλῶς› ‹ⲁⲛ→ⲟⲛ› ⲁⲡϯⲙⲉdraft · lowwell, and the village
16ⲟⲩⲁϣⲃ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲉⲓϩⲏⲧⲏ‹ⲟⲩⲁϣⲃ→ⲟⲩⲁϣϥ› ϯⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ‹ⲉⲓϩⲏⲧⲏ→ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ›draft · lowwanted it (?). Now then, while I am in the north,
17ϯϫⲏⲩ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛⲉⲓⲱϩⲉ ϯϫⲟ ⲙⲟⲟⲩϯϫⲏⲩ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛⲉⲓⲱϩⲉ ϯϫⲟ ‹ⲙⲟⲟⲩ→ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲟⲩ›draft · lowI am sowing the fields, I am irrigating (?).
18ⲉⲣ ⲧⲁⲕⲁⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲕⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲧ‹ⲁⲕⲁⲡⲉ→ἀγάπη› ‹ⲡⲉⲣ→ⲙⲡⲉⲣ›ⲕⲁ ⲡⲉⲕdraft · mediumDo the kindness: do not let your
19ϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲭⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲕⲁⲧⲉϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ‹ⲛⲭⲙⲟⲟⲥ→ⲛⲅϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ› ‹ⲛⲕⲁⲧⲉ→ⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ›draft · lowheart fail, and do not sit (?) [...]
20ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲓ̈ⲙⲁ ⲟⲩⲁ̅ⲧ̅ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲓ̈ⲙⲁ ‹ⲟⲩⲁ̅ⲧ̅→ⲛⲟⲩⲱ̅ⲧ̅› ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁdraft · lowaway from this place alone. And
21ⲯⲁϩ ⲙⲡϯ⸢ⲙ̣ⲉ̣⸣ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲉϩⲛⲉⲥⲯⲁϩ ⲙⲡϯⲙⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲉϩⲛⲉⲥdraft · lowPsah of the village sent after me to the north (?);
22ⲁϥⲙⲁϩⲉ ⲙⲟⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲥ̣ⲉⲛⲏⲑⲉⲁϥ‹ⲙⲁϩⲉ→ⲁⲙⲁϩⲉ› ‹ⲙⲟⲓ̈→ⲙⲙⲟⲓ̈› ⲉⲧ‹ⲥⲉⲛⲏⲑⲉ→συνήθεια›draft · lowhe pressed me for the customary dues
23ⲛⲥⲛⲟⲩⲃ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲧⲁ ⲧⲣⲣ̣ⲟⲡⲉⲛ‹ⲥⲛⲟⲩⲃ→ⲥⲛⲟⲩϥ› ⲙⲛ̅ ⲧⲁ ‹ⲧⲣⲣⲟⲡⲉ→ⲧⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ›draft · guessof blood (?) and the (?)
24ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϯ ϣⲁϯⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ‹ⲡⲟⲩ→ⲙⲡⲟⲩ›ϯ ϣⲁϯdraft · guessAnd if they give (?) a shatila
25ⲗⲁ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲥⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲓⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡ̣ⲗⲁ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲥⲛⲟⲩϥ ‹ⲓⲉ→ⲉⲓⲉ› ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡdraft · guessto him for blood (?), or send the
26ϣⲁϯⲗⲁ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲣⲕ̣ⲁⲃϣⲁϯⲗⲁ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ‹ⲡⲉⲣ→ⲙⲡⲉⲣ›‹ⲕⲁⲃ→ⲕⲁⲁϥ›draft · lowshatila northward; and do not leave it,
27ϫⲉ ⲙⲟⲛ ⲧⲱⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϭ̣ⲙⲉϫⲉ ‹ⲙⲟⲛ→ⲙⲙⲟⲛ› ‹ⲧⲱⲣⲉ→ⲧⲧⲱⲣⲉ› ⲙⲡⲉϭⲙⲉdraft · guessfor there is no hand (to help); [...]
28ⲟⲣⲃ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲣⲟϣ ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲣⲟⲣⲃ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ‹ⲡⲣ→ⲙⲡⲣ›ⲟϣ ⲧⲁ‹ⲙⲉⲣdraft · guess[...] inside, the care; my [...]
29ⲱⲥ ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱⲛⲱⲥ→μερίς› ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ‹ⲡⲉⲣ→ⲙⲡⲉⲣ›ⲟⲩⲱⲛdraft · mediumyou said: 'Do not open
30ⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲟ ⲉⲓϩⲏⲧⲏ ⲁⲓⲭⲣⲓⲁⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲟ ‹ⲉⲓϩⲏⲧⲏ→ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ› ‹ⲁⲓ→ⲁⲓⲣ›‹ⲭⲣⲓⲁ→χρεία›draft · mediumany door.' While I was in the north, I needed
31ⲡⲉⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲡⲓⲱϩⲉ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱⲛⲡⲉⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲡⲓⲱϩⲉ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱⲛdraft · mediumthe wheat for the field; I opened
32ⲙⲡⲁϩⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ̣ ⲡⲁⲗⲙⲡⲁϩⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ ‹ⲡⲁⲗdraft · lowmy storeroom. And if I speak again
33ⲓ̅ ϫⲉ̣ ⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲧⲁ̣ⲙ ⲧⲱⲧ ⲁⲛⲁⲩⲓ̅→πάλιν› ϫⲉ ‹ⲁⲃⲱⲕ→ⲁⲃⲃⲱⲕ› ⲉⲧⲁⲙ ⲧⲱⲧ ⲁⲛⲁⲩdraft · guessthat he went to make (?) [...], we shall see
34ⲉⲫⲱⲃ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲃ ⲧⲁⲁⲃ ☩ⲉⲫⲱⲃ ‹ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲃ→ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ› ‹ⲧⲁⲁⲃ→ⲧⲁⲁϥ› ☩draft · lowthe matter that is good: give it. +
35ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉ̅ⲓ̅ⲥⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉ̅ⲓ̅ⲥdraft · highFarewell in the Lord,
36ⲡⲁⲓ̅ⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲏⲩⲡⲁⲓ̅ⲱⲧ ‹ⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲏⲩ→ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲏⲩ›draft · highmy honoured father.
38vv
1⳨ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲡⲁⲙ vac. ? ⲉ̣ⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁ̣⳨ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ‹ⲡⲁⲙ ⲉⲣⲓⲧ→ⲛⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ› ⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁdraft · high+ Deliver it to my beloved, honoured
2ⲓ̈ⲏ̣ⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃ̣ vac. ? ⲁ̣ⲙⲱⲛ̣ ϩⲓ̣ⲧⲛ ⲡ̣ⲓ̈ⲏⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃ ⲁⲙⲱⲛ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡdraft · highfather Apa Phoibammon, from
3ⲁ̣ⲡⲁ ⲓ̣ⲱ̣ⲥ̣ⲏ̣ⲫ ⲡⲙ̣ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ⲡ‹ⲙdraft · highApa Joseph the
4ⲟ̣ⲛ̣(ⲁⲭⲟⲥ)ⲟⲛ°ⲁⲭⲟⲥ°→μοναχός›draft · highmonk.

Provenance

L0 witness

title
DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 — P.Köln.Ägypt. 2 43
dialect
sahidic
source
DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 (TM 942786), EpiDoc TEI from corpus/incoming/ddbdp-papyri-info/extracted/idp.data-master/DDbDP/942/942786.xml (github.com/papyri/idp.data, branch master, staged 2026-09-10 by worker W-B2); edition: P.Köln.Ägypt. 2 43
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© Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri / Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (papyri.info, IDP data), licensed CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), "with copyright and attribution to the respective projects"; the edition credited in this document's own `# edition:` line is the project to credit. Changes: the Coptic edition div extracted from the EpiDoc TEI to plain text, by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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Documentary/DDbDP/p.koeln.aegypt.2.43.papyri-info.L0.txt

L0.5 transliteration

title
DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 — L0.5 (editorial symbols)
dialect
sahidic
source
DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 (TM 942786) — generated from p.koeln.aegypt.2.43.papyri-info.L0.txt by tools/papyri_l05.py (the edition's Leiden marks as the project symbol scheme, ruling PAP-1 2026-09-26)
licence
CC-BY 3.0 — Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri / Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri, via the papyri.info IDP data repository (github.com/papyri/idp.data), tarball of branch master fetched 2026-09-10, sha256 b4bbfdc3…10fcaf. The repository README says verbatim "This data is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, with copyright and attribution to the respective projects", and every file's TEI header repeats it. Attribution only — NO ShareAlike
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© Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri / Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (papyri.info, IDP data), licensed CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), "with copyright and attribution to the respective projects"; the edition credited in this document's own `# edition:` line is the project to credit. Changes: the Coptic edition div extracted from the EpiDoc TEI to plain text, by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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Documentary/DDbDP/p.koeln.aegypt.2.43.papyri-info.L0.5.txt

English

what it is
DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
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DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 — P.Köln.Ägypt. 2 43. DDbDP p.koeln.aegypt.2.43 (TM 942786), EpiDoc TEI from corpus/incoming/ddbdp-papyri-info/extracted/idp.data-master/DDbDP/942/942786.xml (github.com/papyri/idp.data, branch master, staged 2026-09-10 by worker W-B2); edition: P.Köln.Ägypt. 2 43. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/documentary/ddbdp/p.koeln.aegypt.2.43.papyri-info/. © Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri / Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (papyri.info, IDP data), licensed CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), "with copyright and attribution to the respective projects"; the edition credited in this document's own `# edition:` line is the project to credit. Changes: the Coptic edition div extracted from the EpiDoc TEI to plain text, by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.