p.brux.bawit.41
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 109853
Fragment of a letter with greetings to a dignitary TM 109853HermopolitesVII - VIII
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A small fragment of a Coptic letter, probably from Bawit, written in the Hermopolite nome in the 7th or 8th century AD. Only the polite opening survives, with greetings addressed to a highly honored person and a mention of the holy fathers.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] […] […]
[…] I greet and I salute
[…] your magnificence, the beloved […] the holy fathers. The occasion (?) […]
[…] your beloved (lordship), most glorious […]
[…]
The letter uses Greek honorific terms such as 'magnificence' (megaloprepeia) and 'most glorious' (endoxotatos) within the Coptic text. The 'holy fathers' probably refers to the monks of the monastery at Bawit.
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.