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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲥⲉⲛⲱ ⲧⲕⲁⲣⲧⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲁⲛⲓⲥ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲉⲓ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140937
Letter from Frange to his brother Johannes asking him to bring an item and visit TM 140937Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his beloved brother Johannes, asking him to bring a small item, apparently finished work, and come to see him. It comes from the Theban region and ends with a request for prayer.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, write with my own hand, greeting my beloved brother Johannes.
If your brotherliness has finished (?) the little ... (?), as I told you, bring it and come in, so that I may find you. Farewell in the Lord.
Pray for me.
The phrase ⲥⲉⲛⲱ ⲧⲕⲁⲣⲧⲉ ϣⲏⲙ is obscure; ⲕⲁⲣⲧⲉ may be a small object or piece of work Frange had requested, and the translation of this line is uncertain. Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in the Theban necropolis known from many ostraca, but the records give no date.
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.