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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲏⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲓϩⲱⲗⲉ ⲁⲓⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ
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Letter from Frange to his brother Isak asking him to come south TM 141111Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his beloved brother Isak, urging him to come south to his house and confessing that he has sinned against him. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, the sinner, am writing to greet his beloved brother Isak. Get up and come south to your house. As for me, I have (?) [...] I have sinned against you.
Frange was an 8th-century monk at the tomb of Amenemope (TT 29) in western Thebes. The verb ⲁⲓϩⲱⲗⲉ in line 6 is obscure and its sense is uncertain; its meaning is therefore left untranslated.
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.