p.bawit.clackson.89
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118128
Fragment of a letter mentioning a tremissis and expenses TM 118128BawitVII - VIII
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Fragmentary Coptic letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, mentioning the holy prayers of the addressees, a tremissis coin and expenses, and closing with a farewell in the Lord. It dates to the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
[…] …
[…] … your holy prayers
[…] … Apa Apollo. Send a great […]
[…] … and see about the tremissis […]
[…] … expense for them … […] … Farewell in the Lord.
[…] … generation (?) … […] …
A tremissis is a gold coin worth one third of a solidus. Apa Apollo is probably the founder and patron 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 Fragment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.