o.frange.154
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲡⲁⲉⲁⲥⲁ ⲧἀγάπη ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡϩⲱⲃ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141076
Letter from Frange to his brother Paeasa asking him to come for work TM 141076Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk living at Thebes, greeting his brother Paeasa and asking him to come in for some work.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing to greet his brother Paeasa(?).
Please (by your love), come in for the work.
The phrase "tagapē" ("your love") is a polite formula of request, roughly "please". Frange was an 8th-century monk at Thebes whose many ostraca survive.
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.