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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141072
Letter from Frange to his brother Ekot TM 141072Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk who calls himself 'the sinner', to his beloved brother Ekot and his household. He apologizes for troubling him and refers to coming to the mountain of Djeme, near Thebes.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, the sinner, am writing and greeting
my beloved brother
Ekot (?) and all his people.
I trouble you once (?)
and come to the mountain of Djeme
to greet …
Frange was an anchorite living in a tomb on the Theban west bank. The mountain of Djeme is the desert hillside above the town of Djeme (Medinet Habu); the reading of the addressee's name and of the phrase rendered 'once' 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.