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Fragment of a Christian letter in which the writer offers prayers that God will protect and deliver the recipients, mentioning abba Apollo and a most pious son. The verso carries an address to abba Apollo. Dated to the 6th-7th century AD.
Abba (father) is a title for a monk or cleric; Apollo appears both in the body and in the address on the back. The sequence 'οφρω' in line 3 is unclear and has been left untranslated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di lettera cristiana). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] … τὴν ὑμετέραν θεοφίλειαν καὶ εὔχομαι […] σωτηρίας καὶ ἅμα τοῦ εὐλογιμε[…] μικροῦ οφρω ὁ δεσπότης θεὸς κ[…] ἀββᾶ Ἀπολλῶ διαφυλάξουσι[…] καὶ ῥύσονται ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ πα[…] τὸν εὐλαβέστατον υἱὸν μ[…] στο…τη[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] ἀβᾷ Ἀπολλῶ …
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