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Letter from Frange to his brother Pelouster urging him to visit TM 141088Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his 'brother' Pelouster, reproaching him for not coming to see him. Frange vows not to bother him again with letters and urges him to come now, out of love. It comes from Thebes.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I, Frange, am writing to his brother Peloustre: Are you afraid? Why have you not come so that I might find you until today?
[verso]
I have vowed to God in my heart: I will not trouble you again, nor write a single word to you, carrying it by a man (?). Come, so that I may find you now, for the sake of love.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive; 'brother' is probably a monastic form of address. The phrase rendered 'carrying it by a man' 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.