A Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, sent by a group of humble brothers (probably monks) to a fellow brother. They are sending a priest south and ask the recipient to help him buy clothing worth 2 solidi from monks or laymen, thanking him for past kindnesses to their father.
In English machine translation
[recto]
We greet the sweetness of your brotherhood, honoured and holy, and we greet our brother Psate. We inform your love that, just as we sent to you about the solidus for clothing, now behold, they have come about it. Behold, our brother the priest […] we have sent him south to your brotherhood, so that you may do the kindness like all the other kindnesses that you do for our father, more than our insignificance, and that you go with our brother the priest and ask, whether among the monks or among the laymen, and that you [buy (?)] these 2 solidi of clothing for him in the way that he wants it, so that his heart may be at [rest]
[verso]
about them, and the heart (?) […] who sent him. And we […] and we give thanks to your brotherhood and the assurance (?) […] the one who sent him, as you have done with our father from the first, and with me also now […] this one, whose love is great toward us, as now your brotherhood. So when your brotherhood has fulfilled our request, do the kindness and come in with the brother, so that we may find you for this necessary answer. Let our father then come and give thanks to you in this matter. Farewell.
Deliver it to the God-loving, honoured and holy one, from the most humble brothers. ††
The solidus (holokottinos) was the standard late Roman gold coin; the phrase likely means clothing worth that sum. Some passages are damaged and their sense 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.