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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141068
Letter from Frange to Papnoute and Kolbeune asking Papnoute to come to the mountain TM 141068Theben
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Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk living near Thebes, greeting his brothers Papnoute and Kolbeune and Jacob, son of one of them. He asks Papnoute as a favour to come to the mountain of Djeme before the text breaks off.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing, greeting his beloved brothers Papnoute and Kolbeune. I also greet your beloved son, my brother Jacob. I greet you very much with all my heart. Do me the kindness, my brother Papnoute, and come to the mountain of Djeme (?). These things I [found you] […]
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Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose ostraca survive in large numbers. The 'mountain of Djeme' refers to the desert hills of western Thebes near Djeme (Medinet Habu); the reading of the final line 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.