Fragmentary letter from Thomas to his father TM 341855Bawit (Hermopolites)VII - VIII

Fragmentary Coptic letter from a man named Thomas, who calls himself the son of the addressee, opening with formal greetings and reporting something about certain people and his wish to inspect something. It comes from the monastery of Bawit in the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 7th-8th century AD.

In English machine translation

"Father" and "son" may express monastic relationships rather than family ties. The Greek loanword theorein ("to inspect, view") is used with an object that is broken off (beginning kyl-).

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.