p.louvre.bawit.53
[r] † ϩⲁⲑⲏ μέν ⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ϯϣⲓ̈ⲛⲉ […] […] ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ […] […]… ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ […] […]…ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲩⲉ …[…] […]… ⲁⲣⲓ …[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] […]…ⲉϣ…[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 341856
Fragment of a letter with opening greetings TM 341856Bawit (Hermopolites)VII - VIII
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Fragment of a Coptic letter from the monastery of Bawit in the Hermopolite region, dating to the 7th or 8th century AD. Only the opening greeting formula and a few broken words survive.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[† Before] all speech I greet […]
[…] your beloved-ness (?) […]
[…] and I greet […]
[…] my memory (?) […]
[…] do […]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
[verso]
[…]
The opening "Before all speech I greet" is a standard Coptic epistolary formula; "your beloved-ness" is 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.