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ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲙⲡⲉⲕἄγγελος[…]ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯⲡ[…] ϯἀξιοῦν[…] ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲧ[…] ⲛⲥⲁⲩⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ[…] χάρις ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ϩⲁ ⲡⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲓἐλάχιστος ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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Letter from Frange to the brother Ananias with a request TM 141069Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange, who calls himself 'the least', to his honoured brother Ananias. He sends greetings and makes a request, though most of its details are lost. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
Before all things, [my] word (?) of the least one:
I greet [your] angelic [...] and after that I [...]
I ask [...]
you will [...] [the] book (?) [...]
[...] favour, that I may find [you concerning this] matter. Give it to [my] lord, the most [honoured] brother Ananias, from
Frange, the least one.
Farewell in
the Lord.
Frange was an 8th-century monk-scribe at Theban Tomb 29, and many of his ostraca survive. The request itself is too damaged to recover; reading 'book' for [ⲛ]ⲥⲁⲩⲛⲉ 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.