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o.frange.76 Theben

Letter from Frange to Apa Biktor asking him to come with a tremissis and a skin. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk living near Thebes, to his brother Apa Biktor and his wife. He urges Biktor to drop everything, bring a tremissis (a gold coin) and a tanned skin, come quickly from the next day on, and collect a book. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ἡ ἁγία Τριάς † [v] ⲕⲱ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲛⲅϥⲓ ⲡτριμήσιον ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩϣⲁⲣ ⲉϥⲃⲉⲕ καλῶς ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲓταχύς ταχύς ϫⲓⲛ ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲅϥⲓ ⲡϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲙⲡⲣἀμελεῖν ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] It is I, Frange, who writes, greeting his beloved good brother Apa Biktor and his wife. Farewell in the Lord. The Holy Trinity † [verso] Leave everything behind you and take the tremissis and a well-tanned (?) skin, and come out quickly, quickly, from tomorrow onward, and take the book for yourself. Do not neglect (it) again, but give it.

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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