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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to his brother Mahenknout, asking him to come out and meet him, since Frange had come but could not find a way to reach his dwelling. It comes from the Theban region.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes; the date is not given in the records. The Greek-derived word agape ('kindness, charity') is used in the formula for asking a favour.
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.
ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ μέν ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲁϩⲛⲕⲛⲟⲩⲧ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅϯ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲣⲱ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲓϭⲛ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛⲧⲁἀπαντᾶν ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲙⲁϩⲛⲕⲛⲟⲩⲧ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ
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