A fragmentary Coptic letter addressed to a holy father, mentioning people who came and went, grain or food, an old woman who repeatedly sent word, a certain Paulos, and a gold solidus. It comes from the Theban west (Djeme area, Monastery of Epiphanius) and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] your lordship, the father […]
[…] … came; they (?) inspected (?) the […]
[…] they came out and went, saying, "We are able (?) […]
[…] that concerning my grain (?) or food or … the … the way […]
[…] the old woman whom you know; she sent to me many times […]
[…] she went, she brought Paulos the steward (?) and […]
[…] … oath (?) upon (?) … […] solidus […]
[…] brother (?) […]
[verso]
My lord, the holy father […]
The word read as "mprpose" may be an unclear title or name attached to Paulos; the rendering "steward" is a guess. The holokottinos is the Byzantine gold solidus.
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.