p.louvre.bawit.47
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Fragment of a letter with greetings and blessing of Apa Apollo TM 341852Bawit (Hermopolites)VII - VIII
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Fragment of a Coptic letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, dating to the 7th or 8th century AD. The writer sends greetings, invokes the protection of God and Apa Apollo on the recipients and the whole village, and mentions Victor and the brothers.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[…] I greet and I salute your [brotherliness (?)] […]
[God and the holy] Apa Apollo will protect [you] […]
[…] and the whole village from […]
[…] Victor and the brothers who […]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
[verso]
[…] the God-loving son who […]
Apa Apollo was the founder and patron saint of the monastery at Bawit. The word after 'salute your' is incompletely preserved; 'brotherliness' is a guess at an honorific form of address.
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.