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o.frange.331 Theben

Letter of complaint from Frange about Karakos and bread. A Coptic ostracon from the hermit Frange at Thebes, complaining to a correspondent that someone sent through Karakos was not accompanied to the crossing, and that bread was taken from him. Frange reproaches the recipient for treating him this way when he is a sick or wretched man. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲥⲓⲉ ϫⲉ ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲣϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲛ ⲕⲁⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ϣⲁ ⲡϫⲛⲉⲓⲱⲣ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲧⲛⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲉⲩϥⲓ ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ παντῶς ⲡⲁⲙϣⲁⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲁϣⲉ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
It is not a day (?) ... the man. I, Frange, writing to Tsie (?): The whole community (?) is this one that you sent (?) ... darkness (?) to me through Karakos. You did not walk with him to the crossing, which we left (?) while they took bread from him. By all means (?) ... this is the way you treat me, because I am a sick (?) man.

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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