cpr.3.82
ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλεήμονος [… 1 line lost …] οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ Θεὸς μόνος [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39655
Greek-Arabic protocol with the basmala and profession of faith TM 39655unbekanntVII - VIII
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Fragment of a bilingual Greek-Arabic protocol, the official heading formula printed at the start of a papyrus roll in early Islamic Egypt. It gives the Greek version of the basmala and the Islamic profession of faith.
In English machine translation
In the name of God,
the Merciful,
[…]
There is no god but
God alone
[…]
A protocol was the official heading on the first sheet of a papyrus roll issued under Arab administration. The Greek lines render the Arabic formulas 'In the name of God, the Merciful' and 'There is no god but God alone'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Griechisch - arabisches Protokoll). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.