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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, addressed to a respected holy man. The writer thanks him for his letters, asks for his prayers for an illness they suffered, and reports that the writer's brother has been ill for eight days with a spreading ailment, asking him to pray for him.
The description of the brother's illness is broken and its medical terms are uncertain. Letters like this asking monks or holy men for intercessory prayer are common in the Theban monastic area.
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.
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