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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲕⲱⲗⲃⲏⲩⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲩϣⲣⲏⲣⲉ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη […]… ⲙⲙⲁϫⲉ […]ⲡⲥⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛκειρία ⲛⲅⲛⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧκυριακή ⲁⲓⲥⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧϩⲟⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛϩⲃⲟⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲕⲟⲩⲉⲓ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140986
Letter from Frange to Papnoute, Kolbeine and their son Jacob requesting goods TM 140986Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the hermit Frange to his friends Papnoute, Kolbeine and their son Jacob. He asks them to bring him certain items quickly because he needs them, and to come south on Sunday. He also mentions a linen garment for the little one.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing, greeting my beloved brothers Papnoute and Kolbeine and their son
Jacob. Do the kindness
[…] ... measures (?)
[…] of the bag (?)
of wax (?) and bring them
to me quickly,
because there is need.
Come south
on Sunday. I have been weaving (?)
the garment
of linen
of the little one.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes who wove textiles. The middle lines are damaged, so the requested items and the reading 'wax' (keiria) are uncertain; 'ϩⲟⲉⲓⲧⲉ' is a garment or cloak, and the verb read as 'weaving' is uncertain.
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.