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o.frange.588 Theben

Fragment of a letter from Frange. Fragment of a Coptic ostracon from the correspondence of Frange, a monk living at Thebes. A Paulos is mentioned, and Frange's self-designation as a fool (or 'heartless one') fits the self-deprecating style typical of his letters. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]…… […]ⲟⲩⲉ[…] … ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ[…] […] […] ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ […] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙ ⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲏ […] ⲟⲩⲁⲧϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛ […] ⲙⲡϣⲁ … ⲛⲛⲉϩ … [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] […] […] […] [… Pau]los (?) […] […] […] in the Lord […] I, Frange, write to my twin (?) […] a fool and […] […] worthy (?) […] […] […]

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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