o.frange.60
ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ϫⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲉⲉⲉ ⲛⲅⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲗⲓⲯⲉ ⲛϫⲁⲕ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲓⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ϥⲛⲁⲣ ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲱⲛⲉ
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Letter from Frange to his brother David about a purchase TM 140979Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk at Thebes, to his brother David, asking him to send a man and buy something David had mentioned to him earlier. The end mentions a reply and four stones.
In English machine translation
Frange, writing to his brother David: Send the man to your house (?) and buy the remainder (?) of jak, as you told me when I was coming out. I asked; he said to me that he will do (it) (?) ... four stones.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose ostraca survive in large numbers. Several words (ⲡⲉⲕⲉⲉⲉ, ⲡⲗⲓⲯⲉ, ϫⲁⲕ, ϥⲛⲁⲣ) are obscure, so the translation is tentative in places.
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.