o.frange.156
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲏ ϫⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁⲕϯ ⲛϩⲃⲟⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲕⲙ ⲡσκεῦος ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲕⲛⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲕϯ ⲛϩⲃⲟⲟⲥ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲧἀπόκρισις ⲛⲁⲓ ταχύς ⲛⲧⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛϥϥⲓ ⲛϩⲃⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϥⲣ χρεία ⲛⲁⲩ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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Letter from Frange to Hatre about garments and a vessel TM 141078Theben
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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk living at Thebes, to a certain Hatre about garments (probably woven by Frange) and a vessel he urgently needs. If the garments have been delivered, Hatre should bring the vessel when he comes; if not, he should reply quickly so Frange can send a man to collect them.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing to my brother (?) Hatre: If you have given out the garments, do not go out until you bring the vessel to me when you come, for it is very, very much needed. If again you have not given the garments up to now, send the answer to me quickly, so that I may send this man and he may take the garments, because they need them.
Farewell in the Lord.
Frange was an 8th-century monk and weaver living in a tomb in western Thebes; his letters survive mostly on ostraca. The word rendered 'my brother (?)' is uncertain in the text as written (ⲙⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲏ), which may simply be 'to Pahatre'.
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.