o.frange.62
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ϫⲓ ⲡἀρτάβη ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲁϥⲕⲁⲁϥ ϩⲁϩⲧⲏⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲛⲧϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲕἀμελεῖν ⲙⲉⲕⲛⲧϥ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲁⲓϯ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲕ ϯ ⲡἀρτάβη ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϥⲛⲧϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ
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Letter from Frange to David about an artaba of wheat TM 140981Theben
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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange to David asking him to hand over an artaba of wheat that Kyrikos had left with him, which David had neglected to deliver. Frange is sending his 'father' Victor to collect it, stressing that the wheat is urgently needed. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
I, Frange,
who writes by his hand to David: Kyrikos
received the artaba of wheat; he left it with you so that you would bring it to me. You neglected it
and did not bring it. Now, behold, my father Victor: I have troubled him,
I have sent him to you. Give the artaba of wheat to him, so that he may bring it to me when he comes, for
it is a need,
very much,
very much.
Frange was an anchorite living in a Theban tomb in the 8th century; 'my father Victor' probably refers to a monastic superior or fellow monk rather than a biological father. The opening 'I, Frange, who writes with his own hand' is a formula typical of his letters.
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.