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o.frange.186 Theben
Letter from Frange to a beloved brother he failed to meet. Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk at Thebes, to a beloved brother and lover of God. Frange apologizes for having missed him, says he longed to see him like dry land longs for water, reports news from Joseph the scribe of a death, and asks for prayers. machine translation
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TM 141108.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Theben701
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Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
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ⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲓ ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛϫⲟⲓⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓⲧ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ, ⲡⲉⲗⲱⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη
ⲛⲅⲕⲱ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲛⲧⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲙⲁ πιστεύειν ⲛⲁⲓ
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ϫⲉ
ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁϩ ⲉϥⲟⲃⲉ ⲉϥϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ
ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲱⲧ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ
ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲉ
πλήν ⲙⲡⲓⲕⲱ ⲡⲁⲙⲁ
ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϭⲛ
[v]ⲧⲁⲩⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
ϣⲁ ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲕἀγάπη ⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲛⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ⲡⲉγραφεύς ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲁⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲁ ⲛϩⲏⲧ
ⲙⲁ ⲛⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲙⲟⲩ
ⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲁⲃⲏⲃ ⲉϥϥⲓⲧⲛ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲏⲓ ⲉϥⲧⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ
ϭⲛⲧⲥ ⲁⲕϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ϩⲙ
ⲡⲉⲛⲃⲏⲃ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη
ⲛⲅϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲛ
ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ
ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥTranslations (1)
[recto]
We greet you very, very much, in our man who is within (?), our beloved lord, the brother who is most dear (?) to me, a lover of God. Finally, do the kindness and forgive us, for we did not find you at the place, to believe (?) these things.
I, Frange, the sinner: like a dry land that looks out for water, so is the manner in which I have waited for you,
wishing to see you, being filled with joy.
However, I did not leave my place
[…] find […]
[verso] they went away (?)
until the time that your Love came, I did not find you. I heard from my brother Joseph the scribe that the great brother who is among (?) the [...]
in place of my father Moses, died.
Come to my cell, bringing him to his house, he feeding us with bread (?) […]
find it. You found us in
our cell. Do the kindness
and pray for us.
Farewell in
the Lord.
Connections
Found at
Thebes
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 141108 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.frange;;186 tier-1
- HGV-Text 141108 tier-1
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