o.frange.107
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲧϩⲟⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϥⲓⲧⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛ[…]…ⲟⲥ ⲃⲁ[…] […] ϩⲓⲧⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲓἐλάχιστος ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲛἀγάπη
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141030
Letter from Frange asking for a garment to be sent TM 141030Theben
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Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk at Thebes, asking the recipient to send him a garment, since no one else can bring it. He closes by calling himself the least and a sinner and asking for the recipient's prayers. It probably dates to the early 8th century AD, when Frange was active.
In English machine translation
Do the kindness
and send the garment (hoite) to me. Until I find you, there is no other person who can take it,
so that my heart does not suffer (?). Farewell in
the Lord. Give it
to […]os Ba[…]
[…] From Frange,
the least, the sinner. Pray
for me, out of kindness.
Frange was an anchorite living in the Theban necropolis, and many of his letters on ostraca survive. Several words are restored, so the clause about no one else taking the garment and the recipient's name are 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.