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Fragmentary Christian private letter of the 4th century AD, apparently asking the recipient to procure flour or something needed, followed by greetings to brothers and others by name. It closes with a wish for health 'in the Lord' to a 'beloved brother'.
The text comes from the papyri recovered from the cartonnage of the Nag Hammadi codex bindings. 'Brother' may denote a fellow Christian or monk rather than a sibling.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]ονδα Παθε[…] […] χαίρειν.[…] […] Παθερμοῦθι[…] […] χρείας ἕνεκεν[…] […] περιποίησον […] […] ἀλεύρου ἀκαν[…] […]ὅτι χρείαν ἔχ[…] […]τηδεως ποι[…] […]ων καὶ τὴν α[…] […]ἀδελφοὺς ἀσπάζομαι[…] […] κατʼ ὄνομα α[…] […]ἀσπάζομαι Μαιουμ[…] […]ἀσπάζομαι τοὺς α[…] […]θιν τὸν ἀδελφ[…] [……
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