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o.frange.350 Theben

Letter from the priest David to Frange about Enoch. A Coptic ostracon letter from David, a priest, to his 'beloved brother' Frange, concerning a woman who came to him about a certain Enoch. David says he has persuaded her and writes to ask whether Frange agrees to an arrangement involving teaching. It comes from Thebes, from the archive of the monk Frange. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ πρεσβύτερος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁ … ⲉⲓ ⲁⲥπαρακαλεῖν ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉⲓ ⲁⲃⲟⲗ … ⲧⲏⲕ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ϫⲉ … ⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲥⲟⲃⲕ ⲁ… ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩ ἀλλά ⲁⲓⲧⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲱⲓ ⲁⲓⲙϣⲁ ⲣⲱ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲧ ϫⲉ ⲉϥⲁⲣ ⲥⲁⲭⲱ ⲡⲱⲓ ⲧⲏⲧ ϩⲱ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
I, David the priest (presbyter), am writing and greeting his beloved brother Frange: […] came and entreated (?) me, saying that Enoch has come out […] She said: […] she is coming, a little (?) […] so that I should not send (?). But I have persuaded her heart and mine; I have dared to write to your holiness. If his heart agrees that he will teach (?), mine too agrees. I also: farewell in the Lord.

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Found at Thebes

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