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Opening of a Christian letter from Antonios to Ammon, whom he calls his 'ever-remembered son', praising his piety and thanking God for the chance to write. The rest of the letter is lost; it dates to the 4th century AD.
'Son' is probably a spiritual or monastic form of address rather than a family relationship. The last surviving sentence breaks off and its sense is uncertain.
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.
[r] τῷ ἀειμνήστῳ υἱῷ Ἄμμωνι Ἀντώνιος ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. χάρις τῷ πάντων δεσπότῃ παρασχόντι ἡμῖν καιρὸν ἐπιτήδειον προσειπεῖν τὴν ἀναμίλλητόν σου θεοσέβειαν, ἀγαπητὲ υἱέ, ὡς γὰρ ἀληθῶς μνήμην ἀδιάλειπτόν σου ποιοῦμαι καὶ ἀπόντος. γὰρ τίς τῶν ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἂν θελήσειεν προσομιλεῖν σο…
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