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Fragment of a sixth-century letter from Aphrodito, of which only the address survives: it is directed to Abba Kolochios, apparently the head of a monastery, and concerns a matter of Abba Anoup. It belongs to the archive of Dioskoros.
The sheet was first used for a Coptic text, and the Greek letter was written on the other side. The title 'superior' (hegoumenos) is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d’un 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.
The papyrus sheet initially contained a coptic text. Its verso was used for a letter addressed to a superior of a monastery(?). There is an address on the back of the letter (i.e. the recto of the sheet, which also contains the remains of coptic). Belong to the archive of Dioscor…
[r] πρᾶγμα τοῦ ἀββᾶ Ἀνοῦπ [v] […]τῷ θεοφιλεῖ καὶ ἁγιωτάτῳ πατρὶ ἀββᾷ Κολοχίῳ ἡγουμένῳ
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