Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from the Theban area, opening with a greeting from Abraham and a companion and asking the recipient to pray for them. A man named Ananias is mentioned, and the verso refers to a monastic hood (koukoulion) and possibly a garment.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I, Abraham [and] […], we write greeting to […]
God knows [that] […]
come in, he […]
If the […]
and pray for [us] […]
to you, and […]
Ananias […]
stranger(s) (?) […] you […]
…[…]
[verso]
[…]… they completed (?)
[…]… we […]
[…] man, he […]
[…] to us
[…] koukoulion (hood)
[…] garment (?)
[…] time
[…] they gave
[…]…
[…]
The koukoulion was the hood worn by monks, suggesting a monastic context typical of the Theban hermitages. The reading of ⲁϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ as 'garment' is uncertain because of the break.
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.