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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from David, who calls himself the most humble, to the anchorite Apa Lazaros, consisting mainly of greetings. David greets Lazaros' brothers and several named people, including Theodokia and her children, Achilleus, Jeremias, Apa Ioannes and Staurophoros. It comes from the Theban region.
Such letters belong to the monastic communities of western Thebes, typically of the 7th-8th century AD. Several names are spelled irregularly (Theodokia for Theodokia/Theodosia, Chresianes), and "Christiane" is partly restored.
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.
ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲣⲉϥϣⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲗⲁⲍⲁⲣⲟⲥ ⲡἀναχωρητής ⲁⲩⲱ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ⳿ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲏⲩ κατά ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲓⲛ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲁ ⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ δέ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲕⲛⲓⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲭⲓⲗⲉⲩ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲱⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲭⲣⲉⲥⲓⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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