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Letter forwarding a copy of a bishop's letter to a spiritual father TM 86667Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII

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A fragmentary Coptic letter from a monk or cleric to a holy 'spiritual father', forwarding a copy of a letter from a bishop and mentioning the bishop of the people of Jeme and a trip to the city. It comes from Thebes and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Behold the copy of the letter of our lord father […] the bishop. We have heard it and we have sent it to your holiness […] send (?) it to him, and ask my lord […] know [the] bishop of the people of Jeme, if he […] When we returned, I went early to the city in the evening (?) […] again he wishes that I should not come. Write to me, saying, 'Do [the] … Apa […]' But [greet (?)] your holiness greatly, and my lord […] [verso] [To …] my holy spiritual father […] † his least son […]

Jeme (Djeme) was the town built within Medinet Habu on the west bank of Thebes. Much of the right side of the letter is lost, so the connections between clauses are uncertain.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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Letter

Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Accession no. 14.1.532 · 1. Hälfte VII · Theben (Ägypten)