o.frange.190
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141112
Letter from Frange to Azarias sending a large tablet TM 141112Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his brother Azarias, sending a large inscribed tablet that Azarias had asked for so he could place it before the animals. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[recto]
My brother Azarias.
Since you said to me, "Write a large tablet (plaka) and send it to me, so that I may put it in front of the animals," look, I have sent it. My brother, greet (?) …
[verso]
Give it to Azarias, the plasterer (?) of Petros, from Frange, the most humble.
The phrase "in front of the animals" may refer to a written text placed by livestock, perhaps for protection, but the purpose is uncertain. The word read as "plasterer" (pilatos) and the ending of the recto are also 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.