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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140927
Letter of greeting from Frange to Konstantinos, Ananias and Viktor TM 140927Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the hermit Frange, who calls himself 'the dead man who lives on the mountain of Djeme', sending greetings to his beloved brothers Konstantinos, Ananias and Viktor. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I,
Frange, the dead man who lives on the mountain of Djeme, am writing, greeting and saluting his beloved sweet brothers Konstantinos and my brother Ananias and my father Viktor. Farewell.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes. 'The dead man' is his self-designation as an ascetic. 'Father' here is probably a monastic title.'Djeme' is the town at Medinet Habu on the Theban west bank.
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.