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Letter from Frange to his brothers about sending items to Father Moyses TM 219752Theben

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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from the hermit Frange to his brothers Iohannes, Ioseph and Matthaios. He asks them to seal certain items (perhaps writings) concerning a priest's church and give them to the priest Isaak to take to his father Moyses, assuring them he takes responsibility. It comes from the Theban region.

In English machine translation

The most humble Frange is writing, greeting and saluting the sweetness of the fruits of his beloved brothers, the good ones, the God-servers (?), Iohannes and Ioseph and Matthaios. My brother Iohannes the doorkeeper (?): we did not meet each other in the end (?), because we were [...] bound inside (?). Now, behold, my father the priest of the catholic church, of the one who has died (?), my father Moyses, has sent him to you concerning some words which are with him inside his church. If the matter is ready (?), seal them, give them to Isaak the priest, so that he may take them to my father Moyses. Take courage; if anything happens, it is my responsibility. Do not be afraid to send them to him. Farewell in the Lord.

Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes; several phrases in this letter are obscure and their translation is uncertain. The word rendered 'words' (ⲥⲱϫⲉ) may refer to some objects rather than texts.

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.

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