p.bawit.clackson.48
ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲗⲟⲩϫ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲗⲗⲟ ϩⲁⲧⲛ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥπείθειν ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲧⲛⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲏ
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Order to Apa Klouj to remain with the brother Anoup TM 109917HermopolitesVIII
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A short Coptic order from the monastic superior ("our father") to Apa Klouj, telling him to stay with the writer's brother Anoup until Anoup agrees to let him leave. It comes from the Hermopolite region, probably the monastery of Bawit, and dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
Our father, who writes to his son Apa Klouj: Do not go away from (?) my brother Anoup until he persuades you to go away (?) to you (?).
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The phrase "ⲙⲡⲉⲗⲗⲟ ϩⲁⲧⲛ" is unclear, read here as "do not depart from (beside)"; the closing phrase "ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲧⲛⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ" probably means "to let you (pl.) go on your way". "Our father" is the usual title of a monastic superior in such orders.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to remain with a brother?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.