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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, who calls himself 'the most humble' and 'the dead man', to Moses. Frange complains that Moses promised to make or deliver something quickly but has spoiled the matter, and urges him to send it without delay. It comes from the Theban region.
Frange was an anchorite of the 8th century in western Thebes; 'the dead man' is a monastic expression of humility. The object promised is not named, and the word ⲓⲁⲁⲩ ('make them' or 'them') is uncertain in meaning.
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.
ⲡⲓἐλάχιστος ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲣⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲓϩⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲓⲧⲕ ὡς πιστός ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ὡς ⲥⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲛⲁⲛ ⲓⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲣⲱ ⲁⲕⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲣ σπουδή ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲕἀμελεῖν ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ.
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