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A Coptic letter from Pilatos to the holy father Apa Petros, asking him for God's sake to take the trouble to come and visit him because of some necessity. It comes from the monastic milieu of Western Thebes, probably the first half of the 7th century AD.
The Greek loanword skylmos ('trouble') is used in a polite formula asking the recipient to put himself out and make the journey. The second half of the letter is badly damaged.
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.
πρὸ πάντων ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲧⲁψυχή ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯπαρακαλεῖν ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲁⲥ ϩⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ ⲡσκυλμός ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲓ ϣⲁ ⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲕⲧⲙⲉⲓ ⲟⲩⲁⲓϩⲱϣ καί γάρ ⲕⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲁ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ … ⲡσκυλμός ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲙ … ⲉⲧⲉ καί γ…
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