p.koeln.aegypt.2.60
σύν θεός ϯϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯἀσπάζεσθαι ⲛⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲛⲁϭ ⲛⲉϩⲓ λοιπόν ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲁⲥϯ ⲉⲧϩⲏⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ ϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲡⲉⲃⲱⲛⲁϩ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲉ ⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 700796
Letter from a father asking his son to come for a visit TM 700796unbekanntIX - X
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A short Coptic letter in which the writer greets his beloved son and asks him to come to Apa Is tomorrow. It closes with blessings. It dates to the 9th or 10th century AD and is held in Cologne.
In English machine translation
With God. I greet and I salute the health of my beloved son. May the Lord grant him great ease.
Next, my son, come to Apa Is tomorrow, which is near to our father.
May the Lord keep your life. Farewell in the Lord.
The phrase "which is near to our father" is a tentative rendering of an obscure clause; it may refer to a place or person near "our father", probably a monastic superior. "Apa Is" may be a personal name or a place associated with a holy man.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Aufforderung zu einem Besuch). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.