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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219777
Note from Frange to Theodoros about 9 1/2 artabas of wheat for the trimesion TM 219777Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon from Frange, a monk and writer known from Theban ostraca, to his brother Theodoros about 9 1/2 artabas of wheat connected with Theodoros' trimesion, a payment due every three months. It comes from the Theban region and ends with Frange promising, God willing, to settle the amount.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, write to his brother Theodoros:
You have 9 1/2 artabas of wheat owed to me for your trimesion (three-monthly payment). If God wills, I will pay them (to you) in full.
The trimesion was a payment or tax reckoned by three-month periods. The wording is ambiguous about who owes whom: the opening could be read as wheat Theodoros owes Frange, while the closing promise has Frange paying it.
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.