p.bawit.clackson.79
[… ? lines lost …] …ⲟⲩⲱϣ […] ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ[…] ⲉⲧϥⲉϩⲛδιακονία ⲉ[…] ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϩⲁ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉ[…] ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲇ[…] ⲉⲧⲣⲁⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓπαρακαλεῖν […] ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲛ αἵρεσις ϩⲛ ⲧⲙ[…] ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲁἀνέχειν …[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118120
Fragmentary letter to a monastic superior TM 118120BawitVIII
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A fragmentary Coptic letter, apparently addressed respectfully to a superior (addressed as "your fatherhood"), mentioning someone in service and the writer's appeal. It comes from the monastic milieu of Bawit and dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]
… wish […]
this one who is with your […]ship […]
who is in the service (diakonia) […]
man for your […]ship […]
our fathers know that there is no […]
that I write, exhorting […]
they establish a choice (?) in the […]
fatherhood will bear with […]
[…]
"Your fatherhood" is a respectful form of address for a monastic superior; the Greek loanword hairesis (choice, decision) is uncertain in this context.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentary letter to a superior). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.