A Coptic letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodite from the collection of the Ghent University Library

Edition of Coptic letter from the collection Ghent University Library (P. Gand. Inv. 47). The is addressed to a certain Dioscorus, most probably Dioscorus Aphrodite. fragmentary status does not allow full understanding text, but formulary clearly shows monastic context, in all likelihood monastery Apa Apollos founded by Dioscorus’ father 537 CE. Since senders address as their ‘brother’, it likely that belongs little-known last period life, when he retired his father’s around 573