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Letter from Frange to Apa Kouloudj asking him to visit with Enoch TM 141058Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk living at Thebes, to his friend Apa Kouloudj, greeting him and his wife and daughter. Frange asks him to come out together with Enoch, nicknamed 'the frog', so that they can meet.
In English machine translation
It is I, Frange, who writes, greeting his beloved good brother Apa Kouloudj and his wife and his daughter. I greet you greatly with all my heart.
Do me the kindness and come out with my brother Enoch the frog (?), so that I may find you. I have been wanting you greatly (?).
Farewell in the Lord.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in the Theban necropolis whose many ostraca survive. The phrase ⲁⲓϫⲱⲧ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ is obscure and its rendering here is tentative; ⲡⲕⲣⲟⲩⲣ 'the frog' appears to be Enoch's nickname.
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.