o.frange.788
ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲙⲡἴχνος ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲁϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲁⲙⲁⲁⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧἀπόκρισις ⲛⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ϫⲉ ἐπειδή ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲡϫⲟⲓⲥ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ […] ⲅⲉⲱ[…] ⲧⲛ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 130888
Letter to the blessed fathers about an evening reply TM 130888Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, in which the writer respectfully greets the 'blessed fathers' (monastic superiors) and reports on a reply given in the evening, having told someone to come the next day. The rest is lost.
In English machine translation
I greet (lit. worship) the footprint of the feet of my masters, the blessed fathers. And also I inform your fatherhood about the answer of the evening, since I said, 'Come tomorrow.' Now the Lord knows [that] […]
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'I worship the footprint of the feet' is a standard humble greeting formula in Coptic monastic letters. The ostracon belongs to the Theban monastic milieu associated with Frange.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.