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Fragmentary Christian letter addressed on the back to Papas, the most magnificent pagarch. The writer speaks of travelling, of someone being in great distress amid many disturbances, and quotes the Apostle on what 'we ought' to do, apparently asking the recipient's 'God-protected brotherhood' to help.
Papas was pagarch of Apollonos Ano (Edfu) in the later 7th century AD; the archive belongs to that period. 'Brotherhood' is a polite form of address to the recipient, not a group.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre privée). 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] † α[…]ουτοσαιφαν[…] […] τῆς μακαρίας […] […]πρὸ γὰρ πάντων ὁδοιπορευόμεθα […] […] καὶ τὸν φιλάνθρωπον ἡμῶν Θεὸν …[…] καὶ ποιησαντ[…]του μεθʼ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐφελ[…] δεσποτικὴν ἀδελφότητα ἐνταῦθα τὴν α[…] ὄντως ἐν μεγάλῃ περιστάσει ἐστὶ […] ἐκ τῶν πολλῶν συγχύσεων τῶν […] ἐν ἑκάστῳ α…
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