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Ein Schreiben an den Klostervorsteher Apa Georg via HGV-meta

Letter to the archimandrite Apa George. Fragment of a Coptic letter addressed to Apa George, archimandrite and head of a monastery, probably the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, in the 8th century AD. The sender greets him humbly and refers to an order the abbot had given; the rest of the letter is lost. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] † ⲡⲉⲧⲛϭⲁⲩⲟⲛ […] ⲉⲃτολμᾶν ⲉⲃⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡϥϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲉ ⲡἀρχιμανδρίτης ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲡτόπος ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲧⲓϫⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲓπροσκυνεῖν ⲉϫⲛ ⲡὑποπόδιον […] πρός ⲧκέλευσις ⲛⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛκελεύειν […] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲉ ⲡἀρχιμανδρίτης ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲡτόπος ϩⲓⲧⲛ […]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] † [Your humble servant(?)] […] dares to write to his lord, the holy father [Apa George, the archimandrite and] [father of the monastery(?). Before] all things I greet and prostrate myself at the footstool […] in accordance with the order of my lord father which you ordered […] […] […] [verso] [Deliver to my lord] the holy father Apa George, the archimandrite and [father of the monastery, from] […]

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