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A Coptic ostracon letter from a woman (name read as Teiatshau) to the monk Frange, asking him to pray for her because she feels like a lost sheep. It also mentions goods, apparently ten items and two cheeses. It comes from Thebes.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose ostraca archive includes many such requests for prayer. The meaning of ϭⲱⲗⲗⲉ and the line with ⲥⲛⲧⲉ is 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.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲣⲱ ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲣⲙⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲥⲥⲟⲣⲙⲉ ⲉⲥ ⲙⲏⲧ ⲛϭⲱⲗⲗⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ ⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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