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E04108: Coptic Letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), invoking Apa *Apollo (founder of the monastery, 00160) for protection of the addressee; datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2017-10-05, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.Mon.Apollo 17
The letter was written by a representative of the monastery of Apa Apollo to a representative of a village.
Line 4 reads as follows:
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲉⲃⲁ̣ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϫⲓⲛⲉ ⲡⲛⲟϭ [ϣⲁ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ
‘Apa Apollo, may he watch over you from the greatest [to the smallest.’
(Text: S. J. Clackson/A. Delattre modified; trans.: G. Schenke)
The letter was written by a representative of the monastery of Apa Apollo to a representative of a village.
Line 4 reads as follows:
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲉⲃⲁ̣ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϫⲓⲛⲉ ⲡⲛⲟϭ [ϣⲁ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ
‘Apa Apollo, may he watch over you from the greatest [to the smallest.’
(Text: S. J. Clackson/A. Delattre modified; trans.: G. Schenke)
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