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Letter asking a spiritual father for charity and prayer for a sick person TM 220202Theben
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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes in which the writer greets a beloved "father and brother", probably a monk or cleric. He asks him to show charity toward the writer's children and to remember someone in his prayers, because that person is very ill.
In English machine translation
I greet you with all my heart and all my thoughts, our beloved father and brother. Now, by the will of God, I beseech your fatherhood: if you see […] my children, do the charity […] God in your prayer […]
[…] out, because he is very ill […] that […] †
"Your fatherhood" is a respectful form of address for a monastic or clerical superior. The lines about the children and the sick person are damaged, so the exact request 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.