o.frange.90
[…] ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥ[…] ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ, ⲛ […]ⲟⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ, ⲟⲛ, ⲉⲡⲉⲕ […] ⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ, ⲉⲧ[…]… ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ […]ⲁⲓ ϩⲁ ⲡϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ […]ⲛⲛⲉϩ, ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ, ἡ ἁγία Τριάς
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141012
Letter from Frange asking for something to be sent for a book TM 141012Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk at Thebes, to a beloved lord whose name is lost, greeting him and the brothers and asking him kindly to send something connected with a book. It ends with a farewell and an invocation of the Holy Trinity.
In English machine translation
[…] Frange, this most humble one, writing (?) […] to his beloved lord, […]os. I greet, again, your […] all the brothers, who […] in the Lord.
[Do] the kindness and send […] for the book […] oil (?), for it is the need.
Farewell in the Lord. The Holy Trinity.
Frange was an anchorite in western Thebes known for copying books, which fits the request concerning a book (ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ). The word read as oil (ⲛⲛⲉϩ) is damaged and 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.