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Letter from a woman to Frange asking for prayers and sending food TM 219799Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from a woman to the monk Frange at Thebes, asking him to pray for her as a sinner so that God will have mercy on her. She sends along some food items, including two fish.
In English machine translation
I, Teiatshau (?), the woman, write greeting my beloved brother Frange in the Lord. Do the charity: pray for me in lifting up your holy hands, for I am a sinner, so that God may have mercy on me. Here is a cake (?): two fish, ... cheeses (?), ten bundles (?).
Farewell in the Lord. Do the charity: pray.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes whose ostraca form a large archive. The sender's name and several food terms in the list of gifts are 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.