o.frange.51
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ϫⲉ ⲣ σπουδή ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛκόραξ ⲛϣⲱⲃ θαλλίον ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲡἔργον ⲛϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲛⲧϥ ⲛⲧϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯπιστεύειν ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁϫⲁⲣⲉⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140939
Letter from Frange to David requesting items to be sent TM 140939Theben
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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk at Thebes, to David, urgently asking him to send certain items, including wooden work. It invokes God to stress the request.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing to David: Make every effort and send the two crows (?) of Shob (?), the branch (?), to me, together with the wooden work which I brought from Jerusalem (?). God knows, if you do not send them to me quickly, your heart will be troubled (?), and I believe that God will make you prosper (?) out of the year.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes; several words here (crows, Shob, branch, Jerusalem) are obscure and the rendering is tentative. The final clauses are difficult and may mean the opposite emphasis.
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.