p.louvre.bawit.43
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 341849
Fragment of a letter mentioning Apa Georgios TM 341849Bawit (Hermopolites)VII - VIII
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Fragment of a Coptic letter from the monastery of Bawit, preserving only part of a greeting and the closing farewell invoking the Holy Trinity. The address on the back names an Apa Georgios, probably the recipient or sender.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[...]
[...] [...] [...]
[...] at once (?), what he is accustomed (?) [...]
[...] And I greet [...]
[...] Farewell in the power of the [Holy] Trinity.
[verso]
[...]
[...] Apa Georgios, my [...]
Apa is a respectful title for monks and clergy. The phrase rendered "at once" (ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ) is uncertain in this broken context.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.