o.frange.247
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219789
Letter from Tsie to Frange asking for his prayers TM 219789Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area in which a woman named Tsie, calling herself a worthless sinner, greets her beloved brother Frange and asks him to pray for her. Frange was a monk known from many ostraca of the Theban monastic community.
In English machine translation
I, Tsie, the worthless sinner, write greeting my beloved brother Frange in the Lord. Do the kindness of praying for me in the lifting up of your holy hands. Farewell in the Lord.
"Brother" here is likely a spiritual form of address to the monk Frange rather than a family term. "Lifting up of your holy hands" refers to the gesture of prayer.
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.