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A Coptic ostracon letter addressed to the monk Frange at Thebes, from a correspondent who sends greetings, together with those of another person, and asks Frange and the brethren for their prayers. It belongs to the archive of Frange, an 8th-century monk of the Theban area.
Several passages are grammatically difficult and their sense is uncertain. The word read as 'eskoule' and the phrase about giving 'the place' are especially unclear.
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 ⲉⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲁⲛⲉⲑ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲥⲕⲟⲩⲗⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲧⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲙⲉⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲉⲓϭⲱϣⲧ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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