p.louvre.bawit.56
[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲏ…[…] […]ⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ […] […]ϩⲱϥ ⲛⲧ…ⲙⲓⲛⲉ ἀλλά ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲉϥⲓⲱⲧ […]ⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲕⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ […]…ϥ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧ ⲥϩⲁⲓ δέ ⲉⲡⲉⲧ[…]… ἐπεί ϣⲁϥⲉⲣ ϭⲁⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ […]…ⲁ… ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙ ⲡⲉⲃⲏⲓ. †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 341859
Fragment of a letter mentioning a father and his son TM 341859Bawit (Hermopolites)VII - VIII
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Fragment of a Coptic letter from the monastic site of Bawit, mentioning a son, his father and a 'little one', and asking the recipient to write to someone. It dates to the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[... ? lines lost ...]
[...] us (?) [...]
[...] his son into [...]
[...] he too [...] this kind, but his father
[...] whom he destroyed (?), and behold, the little one
[...] him because of me. But write to the one [...] since he makes himself a slave (?) to you
[...] by him, the men of the house (?). †
The beginning is lost and the right side of every line is damaged, so the context and the parties are unclear. Several renderings, such as 'makes himself a slave', are uncertain.
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.