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A Coptic letter from Euprepios, who calls himself 'the least', to his brothers Iohannes and Enoch, probably monks. He sends two brothers, Akylas and Petrone, and asks that certain items be given to them, one each. It comes from western Thebes (Djeme) in the first half of the 7th century AD.
The word rendered 'vessels' is uncertain, and the instructions about distributing them are partly lost. 'Your charity' is a respectful form of address among monks.
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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