o.frange.144
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ[…] ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛ ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲃ[…] ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡσῶμα ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141066
Letter from Frange asking a father to visit him in person TM 141066Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon in which Frange, a monk of the Theban region, writes to a beloved father whose name begins with B, asking him to come in person today so they can meet.
In English machine translation
I, [Frange] […], am writing [to his beloved]
father B[…]:
Be so kind
as to come to me in [the] body today,
[so that] I may see you. Farewell [in the Lord].
The sender's name and the address formula are largely restored. "Come in the body" means come in person rather than send word."Father" here is probably a monastic form of address."Father" may be a monastic title rather than a family term.
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.