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Attribution: Letter of Zaleh from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus doc-papyri, document cpr.2.237, version 3.0.1 (2019-10-24), annotations by Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;237. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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The text
9 lines · a line number is a link to itselfEnglish: quoted translations are shown as they are, with their credit in the provenance; lines marked draft are language-model drafts made for this project (to be corrected), and alignment unchecked marks a quoted verse whose placement was not cross-checked. Check the Coptic before relying on any English line.
| ref | L0 witness | L1 Cairene | L2 Kemetic | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ϩⲙⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲡ̄ | ϧⲉⲛ ⲫ̀ⲣⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ϣⲟⲣⲡ | xen f̀ran ǹf̀nouti ǹṡorp | First, in the name of God. |
| 2 | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲍⲁⲗⲉϩ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲍⲁⲗⲉϩ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ | anok pe zaleh eis·hai | I am Zaleh who is writing. |
| 3 | ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ̄ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲉϥⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | ⲁⲣⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲛ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲉϥⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | areiṡini pamenrit ǹson xayl iōannys nem ǹougai nefrōmi tyrou | What I inquire is of the wellbeing of my beloved brother Chael Iohannes, and all of his men, |
| 4 | ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ̄ | ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛ | p̀ouai p̀ouai kata nouran | one by one according to their names. |
| 5 | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲟⲩϭ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ϫⲓⲛⲟⲙⲓⲥⲙⲁ ⲅ⳿ ⲧⲉ ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲟⲩⲗⲉ | ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁ̀ⲣⲓ ⲡ̀ⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲉϥ ϫⲓⲛⲟⲙⲓⲥⲙⲁ ⲅ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡ̀ϣⲉ ⲛ̀ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲟⲩⲗⲉ | menensa nai àri p̀noug petnanef jinomisma ġ ǹte simōn p̀ṡe ǹapa ioule | Hereafter do a good deed, receiving a third (of a coin) from Simon, son of Apa Ioule. |
| 6 | ⲧⲁⲁϥ ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲉϥϭⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲱϥ ⲉⲣⲱⲓ | ⲧⲏⲓϥ ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡ̀ⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲉϥϭⲱⲡⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲣⲱⲓ | tyif ṡenoute p̀ma ǹċamoul efċōpe m̀mof erōi | Give it to Shenoute, (at) the camelherd, who takes it for me. |
| 7 | ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ | ougai xen p̀ċois | (Be) safe in God. |
| 8 | ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | ⲧⲏⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲛ ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | tyis pamenrit ǹson xayl iōannys | Give it to my beloved brother Chael Iohannes. |
| 9 | ϩⲓⲧⲛⲍⲁⲗⲉϩ | ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲍⲁⲗⲉϩ | hiten zaleh | (signed) by Zaleh |
Provenance
- title
- Letter of Zaleh
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "doc-papyri", document cpr.2.237
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Letter of Zaleh from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus doc-papyri, document cpr.2.237, version 3.0.1 (2019-10-24), annotations by Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;237. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation gold · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 3.0.1, 2019-10-24)
- file
- Documentary/Documentary papyri/cpr.2.237.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
- title
- Letter of Zaleh — Cairene
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from cpr.2.237.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "doc-papyri", document cpr.2.237)
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Letter of Zaleh from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus doc-papyri, document cpr.2.237, version 3.0.1 (2019-10-24), annotations by Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;237. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation gold · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 3.0.1, 2019-10-24)
- generated by
- tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier a, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: abbrev_unstroked_left=1 lexeme_open=2 n_morphs_fallback=2 segment_mismatch=1 stroke_kept=3 stroke_unified=3 tokens=45
- file
- Documentary/Documentary papyri/cpr.2.237.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- title
- Letter of Zaleh — Kemetic
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from cpr.2.237.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Letter of Zaleh from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus doc-papyri, document cpr.2.237, version 3.0.1 (2019-10-24), annotations by Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;237. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation gold · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 3.0.1, 2019-10-24)
- generated by
- tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
- file
- Documentary/Documentary papyri/cpr.2.237.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
- 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.
- lines
- 9 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Alain Delattre, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM doc-papyri, cpr.2.237 (9 lines)
L0 witness
L1 Cairene
L2 Kemetic
English
Cite as:
Letter of Zaleh. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "doc-papyri", document cpr.2.237. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/documentary/documentary-papyri/cpr.2.237.sahidic.scriptorium/. Letter of Zaleh from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus doc-papyri, document cpr.2.237, version 3.0.1 (2019-10-24), annotations by Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;237. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
What the layers are
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
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).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.