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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141055
Letter from Frange urging his brother Symeon to come at once TM 141055Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange to his brother Symeon, urgently asking him to drop everything and come to him in person because of a pressing matter. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I think (?), my brother Symeon, that I am sending for you at the middle of the night: come, so that I may find you. Now, my brother Symeon, leave everything behind and
[verso]
come to me quickly, quickly, in person, so that I may find you about this matter, because the need is very, very great. I, Frange.
Frange was a monk living in a Theban tomb, and 'brother' is probably a monastic form of address. The opening lines are syntactically difficult and their translation 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.