Letter asking a holy father for forgiveness TM 86647Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII

A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to a holy father, in which the writer, an old man (or a son named Pkol), confesses that he has sinned and asks forgiveness, quoting advice not to be angry with one who has sinned but to blame the devil. It comes from the monastic community of Thebes in the first half of the 7th century.

In English machine translation

The opening is difficult: "the old man" and "Pkol" may refer to the sender or an intermediary, and the relation to "your son" is unclear. The end of the text is too broken to follow.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.