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ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲏ ⲛⲅⲛ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲥⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲃⲏ ⲕⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ […] ⲙⲙⲟⲛ […] ⲛⲁ ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ[…] ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲗⲁ[…] ⲥⲙⲁ ⲛⲧ[…] ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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Letter from Frange requesting two jars TM 140934Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange at Thebes asking a correspondent, as a kindness, to provide two jars or containers of something, with a mention of a woman named Sophia. The middle is badly damaged; it closes with a blessing in the Lord.
In English machine translation
Frange.
Do the charity: my brother (?), [find] two jars [of palm fibre (?)] […]
[…] for us […]
[…] not […]
[…] Sophia […]
send […]
[…]
Farewell in the Lord.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in the Theban necropolis known from a large archive of ostraca. The reading of line 3 (brother, jars, palm fibre) is heavily restored and 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.