p.koeln.aegypt.2.27
† ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲡⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 942770
Writing exercise with a letter opening from a father to his son John TM 942770Bawit (Hermopolites, Ägypten)VII - VIII
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A short Coptic writing exercise in the form of the opening of a letter, in which a father addresses his son John. It comes from Bawit in the Hermopolite district and dates to the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Our father who writes to his son John: (?) [...] God
The words after the son's name (ϫⲉ ⟨ⲛ⟩ⲡⲣⲓ) are obscure and may be an unfinished or garbled phrase. "Our father" may refer to a monastic superior rather than a natural father.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Schreibübung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.