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A Coptic letter in which the writer, after formal greetings to a 'brother' and his household, asks him to send copper, iron or anything at all that he urgently needs, and reproaches him for sending nothing for so long. It comes from Thebes and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
The word translated 'copper' (homnt) can also mean copper money; 'brotherliness' is a polite form of address, typical among monks, and need not mean a blood relative. The verso is recorded but has no surviving text in the edition.
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.
[r] ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ κατά ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϫⲓⲛ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲁ ⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲙⲛⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯπαρακαλεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲅⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ϯⲣ χρεία ⲛⲁⲩ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ εἴτε ϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ εἴτε ⲃⲏⲛⲉ εἴτε ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ὅλως ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉ…
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