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[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲛⲉⲕⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲃⲧⲉϥ ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲕⲱ […]διακονία μᾶλλον ⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲁⲧⲛⲉϭⲱⲡ […] ϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲉⲛ λογισμός ⲛⲙⲟⲕ […] ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲓⲉⲕⲁ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ […]ⲕⲟⲥ ⲡὁσιώτατος ⲛⲉ…[…]ⲉ… [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 118280
Fragment of a letter concerning a diakonia and the release of a man TM 118280Bawit (Hermopolites)VIII
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A small fragment of a Coptic letter from the monastery of Bawit in the Hermopolite nome, 8th century AD. It mentions a letter, a service (diakonia), an account to be settled, and a request to release a man, with a reference to a 'most holy' person, probably a cleric or monastic superior.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] your letter (?) … today I placed (?)
[…] service; rather, they came to you, you seized (?)
[…] take care of yourself; you have (?) an account (reckoning) with you
[…] if you wish, release the man
[…] the most holy […]
[…]
Diakonia in monastic Coptic texts often refers to a monastery's service or economic administration. The beginning and end of the letter are lost, and the rendering of several broken phrases is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.