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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk at Thebes, to his brother Mahnchnoute. Frange is distressed that a great man whom he had approached on his correspondent's behalf has been troubled, and urges him to return or hand over the man's vessels without being asked again.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive. Several phrases, notably 'ⲛⲉⲥⲧⲃⲃⲁⲉⲓϩ' and the clause about going to the dead one, are obscure and translated tentatively.
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.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲁϩⲛϭⲛⲟⲩⲧ ἐπειδή ⲁⲕⲉⲓ ϩⲁϩⲧⲏⲓ ⲁⲓⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲕ ὡς ⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϯ ⲛⲉⲥⲧⲃⲃⲁⲉⲓϩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲁϥϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲅⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲅϯ ⲛⲉσκεῦος ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲟⲩⲉϩϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲓϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϯⲣ ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲙ…
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