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Coptic letter on an ostracon, written in humble monastic style, asking the recipients to show kindness and mercy and send something, and explaining that the men carrying the letter have been sent to them. It is addressed to the senior monks apa Johannes and apa Enoch, from the Theban monastic area of the first half of the 7th century AD.
Expressions like "your fatherhood", "your lordship" and "my poverty" are standard humble and honorific forms of address among monks. The object sent for in the opening lines is lost.
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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