p.brux.bawit.40
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 109852
Letter to Apa Zacharias, father of the monastery TM 109852HermopolitesVIII
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Fragmentary Coptic letter addressed to the holy father Apa Zacharias, head of a monastic establishment, apparently from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit in the Hermopolite nome. Only the address and opening phrases survive. It dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] […] you who love God, the [holy] father Apa Zacharias, the father of the topos (monastery), I […]
[…] I beseech (?) […] to satisfy (?) […]
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[verso]
† The God of the holy Apa Apollo […]
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Topos, literally "place", is the usual term for a monastery or holy site. The verso invokes the God of the holy Apa Apollo, founder of the Bawit monastery.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.