Letter requesting prayers and a blessing for a sick son TM 86783Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII

Fragmentary Coptic letter of the first half of the 7th century AD from the Theban region. The writer greets the recipient, mentions a sick son, asks for prayers and for a blessing to be sent, and refers to an Apa Kyri[…] the anchorite.

In English machine translation

The anchorite named in line 9 may be the addressee or the sender; the broken name Kyri[…] could be Kyriakos or similar. 'Blessing' (smou) often means a gift of food or other goods sent with a holy man's blessing.

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.