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[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲁⲡ […]…ⲧⲉⲣϭⲱⲧⲁ παρακαλεῖ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ […]ⲡτόπος ⲛἄπα ⲫⲟ… […]… ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ […]ϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲣⲁⲕⲁⲁⲩ … […]…ⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ϯⲛⲟⲩ […] ϯⲟ ⲛϩἑτοῖμος ⲉⲧⲣⲁ […]ⲛ … ⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ […]ϣⲓⲛⲉ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220249
Fragmentary letter mentioning the monastery of Apa Pho[…] on the mountain of Djeme TM 220249Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, in which the writer appeals to the addressee about a matter involving the monastery (topos) of Apa Pho[…] on the mountain of Djeme. The writer mentions the brothers and declares himself ready to act, and the letter seems to end with greetings.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] … (?)
[…] … (?)
[…] beseeches you
[…] the monastery (topos) of Apa Pho[…]
[…] of the mountain of Djeme
[…] … to me, that I may do them …
[…] … the brothers now
[…] I am ready to […]
[…] … every …
[…] greet (?)
[…]
The "mountain of Djeme" is the desert area of western Thebes around the town of Djeme (Medinet Habu), home to many monastic settlements. The saint's name is incompletely preserved; it may be Apa Phoibammon, but that is not certain.
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.