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o.frange.345 Theben

Letter from Frange to David and Tanaste complaining of distress. A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to David and Tanaste, greeting their little son Moses as well. Frange complains of great distress, compares their troubling of his heart to that caused by John the Nubian and another person, and threatens to go into exile until he dies. It comes from the Theban region. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲁ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲁⲩⲛⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛχολή ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϯ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲉϭⲱϣ ⲙⲛ ⲧϣⲟⲩⲙⲁⲉⲣ ⲉⲧϯ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ϣⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲡϣⲙⲙⲟ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲩ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. It is I, Frange, who writes, greeting his beloved brother David and Tanaste. I greet also my brother Moses, your little son. You know that I have suffered great bitterness (?). God knows that you trouble my heart like John the Cushite (Nubian) and the Shoumaer (?), who trouble me. I shall go abroad until I die.

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