p.louvre.bawit.48
[…] παρακαλῶ τὴν σὴν ἀδελφότητα […]… παρακληθῇ … ἀληθὲς … μήτε […] παρακληθῇ καὶ ἐφ’ ἑκάστης κελεύσῃ […]…θῆναι αὐτὸ… τ…ασ…τ…θος.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 381925
Fragment of a letter of request addressed to a brother TM 381925Bawit (Hermopolites)VII - VIII
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Small fragment of a Greek letter from the monastic site of Bawit in the Hermopolite nome, in which the writer appeals to the recipient, addressed as "your brotherliness". Only scattered phrases of request survive. It dates to the 7th-8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] I entreat your brotherliness […] … may be entreated (?) … true … nor […] may be entreated and on each (day?) may order […] … it to be … […].
"Your brotherliness" is a courtesy title common in late antique letters, often between monks or clergy. The meaning of "on each" is uncertain because the noun it qualifies is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre (en grec)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.