o.sarga.103
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲕⲁϫⲓ ⲧⲉⲓⲃⲗϫ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲟⲩⲁ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲃⲙⲟⲩⲧⲛ ⲛⲉⲓⲁϭⲟⲟⲩⲣⲉ ⲙⲟⲛ ⲧⲉⲓχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲟⲩⲥⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲃⲓⲱⲧ †
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Letter asking that a brother go north and deliver to Apa Phoibammon TM 87601Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
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A short Coptic letter on a potsherd from the monastery at Wadi Sarga, written by a senior monk who signs himself "your father". He asks the recipient to take the sherd at once, have one of the brothers go north, and deliver something to Apa Phoibammon, with Apa Ioustos acting as intermediary.
In English machine translation
Do the kindness, at once, to take this sherd.
Let one of the brothers go north to [...] (?)
[...] of the ...; is it not this need? Give it to Apa Phoibammon.
Through Apa Ioustos.
Your father †
Lines 3-4 contain obscure words (possibly place names or objects) whose meaning is uncertain, so the details of the errand are unclear. "Your father" is the usual way a monastic superior signs himself.
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.