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A Christian letter in which Chairemon asks John, an ascetic (apotaktikos), to remember him in his prayers and to pray to God for him night and day. It comes from Lykopolis (Asyut) in the late 4th century AD.
An apotaktikos was a person who had renounced worldly life, an early Christian ascetic; the recipient is often identified with John of Lykopolis, the famous hermit. The last word of the margin text is restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Chaeremon to John). 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,ctr] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου πατρὶ Ἰωάννῃ ἀποτακτικῷ Χαιρήμων. προηγουμένως προσαγορεύω τὴν ἀμίμητόν σου διάθεσιν, δέσποτα, καὶ παρακαλῶ σε ὡς ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ μνησθῇς ἐμοῦ τοῦ Χαιρήμονος. τοῦτο δὲ εἰ ποιήσειας, ἔσει μοι τὰ μέγιστα χαριζόμενος. καὶ εὐλόγησόν με καὶ εὖξαι τῷ κυρίῳ μου Θεῷ…
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