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A Christian letter from Ammonios to the holy man Papnouthios, asking for his prayers against the devil's temptations and human plots, and reporting that he met with brother Didymos about a matter as Papnouthios had instructed. It dates to the mid-4th century AD.
Papnouthios was apparently an anchorite or monastic leader to whom several letters in this archive are addressed. The name Didymos is largely restored and 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.
[r] τῷ ἀγαπητῷ καὶ θεοσεβεστάτῳ καὶ θεοφιλεῖ καὶ εὐλογημένῳ πατρὶ Παπνουθίῳ Ἀμμώνιος ἐν κυρίῳ θεῷ χαίρειν. οἶδα μὲν ἀεὶ ὅτι διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου εὐχῶν σωθήσομαι ἀπὸ παντὸς πειρατηρίου τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἐπιβουλίας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ νῦν παρακαλῶ ὅπως μνημονεύσῃς μου ἐν ταῖς ἁγίαι…
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