E04076: Coptic Letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), concerning a matter involving an unnamed saint (S00518); datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2017-09-25, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.Mon. Apollo 56:
This very fragmentary letter seems to have been sent from the monastery of Apa Apollo to the hands of a deputy (topoteretes). The reason for this message remains obscure. Line 5 reads as follows:
ⲛⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ [ⲁⲩⲡⲱ]ⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ϣⲁⲛⲡⲣⲟⲥⲕⲩⲛ[ⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ?]
'… for the saint. [They hurried?] to us, since we regularly worship [him?] …'