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Fragment of a Coptic letter addressed to Apa George, archimandrite and head of a monastery, probably the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, in the 8th century AD. The sender greets him humbly and refers to an order the abbot had given; the rest of the letter is lost.
The name Apa George and his titles in the opening are restored from the address on the verso. "Footstool" refers to the conventional humble formula of prostrating oneself at the feet of the addressee.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Schreiben an den Klostervorsteher Apa Georg). 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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