p.bawit.clackson.74
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118116
Letter to a revered father mentioning brother Pamoun TM 118116BawitVIII
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Fragment of a Coptic private letter from Bawit, written in the 8th century AD and addressed to a respected 'father', probably a monk or cleric, and mentioning a brother Pamoun. It contains the customary blessing and greetings.
In English machine translation
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† I write to my lord father, the honoured one, to […]
my brother Pamoun. Your paternity sent (?) […]
May God protect you for many years […]
These things (?) I write: I greet and I salute […]
all (?) through my humble writings. Their health (?) […]
'Father' and 'brother' are probably monastic forms of address rather than family terms. The end of each line is lost, so the connection between phrases is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.