p.bawit.clackson.90
[…]ϩⲱⲃⲧ ⲛϥσκεῦος […] ⲁϥⲓ οὖν ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲣ…[…] […]ἀσπάζεσθαι ⲛⲧⲉⲕὁσιότης ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118129
Fragment of a letter mentioning a vessel, with greetings to a holy father TM 118129BawitVIII
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A small fragment of a Coptic letter from the monastic community at Bawit, mentioning a vessel, urging someone to come, and ending with greetings to a 'holiness', a monastic father. It dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] copper (?) of the vessel […]
[…] so come to them and do […]
[…] to greet your holiness, [our] father […]
The reading of the first word as 'copper' (Coptic homt) is uncertain because the line is broken. 'Your holiness' is a standard honorific for a monastic superior.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.