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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲥⲁⲃⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲛⲟⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ἐπειδή ⲁⲕⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲓⲡⲣⲱ ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟϥ ϫⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣⲉ ⲉϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ
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Letter from Frange to Sabine and his son Petronios asking for a visit TM 141061Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his brother Sabine and Sabine's son Petronios. Frange recalls that Sabine came south during the winter and said he wanted to see him, and he asks him to visit so that they can meet. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
I, this most humble Frange, am writing and greeting my beloved brother Sabine and Petronios his son. Since you came south this winter (and) you said, "I want to find you," do (me) the kindness: when you come out (?), come so that I may find your servant.
Farewell in the Lord, my beloved brother.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive. The phrase about finding "your servant" is ambiguous: it may mean Sabine's servant or, as a humble formula, Frange himself.
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.