o.frange.255
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲣⲱ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲥ ὡς ϯϣⲛⲙⲟ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲛ ⲉἀπαντᾶν ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϫⲉ ϯⲣ ⲙⲡⲉϣⲁ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲉⲡⲁ[…] ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲟⲩⲧⲱⲧ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219797
Letter from a woman to the monk Frange TM 219797Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, written for a woman to her "beloved brother" Frange, the well-known monk of western Thebes. She says she cannot write herself and explains that she does not go out to meet him, asking that they meet when he comes.
In English machine translation
I, Teiatshau (?), the woman, write greeting my beloved brother Frange.
As for me, I do not know how to write, and also I spoke with them about it (?), since, as a stranger (?), I do not go out
to meet you, because I am not
worthy of my […]
until you come [to a place] where we may meet (?).
The sender's name and several phrases are uncertain; ϣⲙⲙⲟ is taken here as 'stranger', and the end of the text is restored. Frange was an 8th-century anchorite at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna, whose archive this ostracon belongs to.
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.