o.frange.69
[r] 1. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥ[…] … ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲓϩⲉ ϫⲉ … ⲕⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ … ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁ… ⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲟⲩ… ⲛⲁⲕ … ⲕⲉ [v]κειρία ⲁⲕἀμελεῖν ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲣ τύπος ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡϩⲟ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲓⲛ ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲁϩⲙⲉϥ ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ταχύς ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲟϥ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ
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Letter of Frange requesting wheat or money TM 140991Theben
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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange at Thebes, mentioning a Phoibammon. Frange complains that the recipient has neglected a matter until now and asks him to send something connected with wheat from tomorrow on, or else to send money for it quickly.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I, Frange, […]
… Phoibammon, in the manner that … you walk (?)
… you said to me: "
I will …
wheat …
to you …
…
[verso] …
(the) bed-cord (?) … you have neglected until now. Now, by every means (?), send the wheat-sack (?) to me from tomorrow onward, so that I may weave (?) it. If you do not send it quickly, send the money to me for it, in haste.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes known from a large ostraca archive. The verso is difficult and the translation of several phrases (κειρία, ⲡϩⲟ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ, ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲁϩⲙⲉϥ) is tentative.
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.