o.frange.32
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140920
Letter from Frange to the priest Apa Ezekiel TM 140920Theben
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Beginning of a Coptic letter from Frange, a monk of Thebes, to the priest Apa Ezekiel, offering respectful greetings and asking to be remembered (presumably in his prayers). The rest of the letter is lost.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing and prostrating myself before his most pious father, who is honoured in every good way, Apa Ezekiel the priest. I greet you very, very much, with my person that is within (?), until I am worthy to see your piety. Remember me in […]
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Frange was an anchorite living in a tomb in western Thebes in the 8th century, known from many ostraca he wrote. The phrase translated 'with my person that is within' is uncertain.
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.