p.koeln.aegypt.2.24
† ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲫ ϫⲉ ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲣⲙⲛϩⲧⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ἀλλά ⲙⲡⲣἀμελεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉπλάξ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧ ⲧⲁⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ …[…]
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Letter from a monastic father to Papa Anouph about animals and a tablet TM 942767Bawit (Hermopolites, Ägypten)VII - VIII
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A fragmentary Coptic letter from a monastic superior ('our father') to his spiritual son Papa Anouph, apparently asking for animals to be sent and urging him not to neglect a writing tablet. It dates to the 7th-8th century AD and comes from Bawit in the Hermopolite region.
In English machine translation
† Our father, who writes to his son, Papa Anouph: [...]
Send the horses (?) [and the] animals, according to the word [in] the questions (?). But [do not] neglect the tablet; [let it come to me] so that I may send it to you.
[…]
The reading 'horses' for ⲛⲉⲣⲙⲛϩⲧⲟ is partly restored, and the sense of 'the questions' (ⲡⲉϫⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ) is uncertain. 'Papa' is a title for a senior monk or cleric.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as An Papa Anouph). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.