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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from a woman (?) named Tsie to the monk Frange, greeting him and asking him to come and meet her, since she cannot go out because of trouble among the brothers. She mentions sending goods, apparently bundles and cheeses. It belongs to the Frange archive from Thebes.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb at western Thebes. Several words (the quarrel, the goods listed) are difficult and their translation 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 ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲡⲥ ⲉⲓπαρακαλεῖν ⲛⲙⲟⲕ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲡⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϫⲉ […]ⲉ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲉϫⲱⲛ ἀλλά ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ϯϣ ϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲟϣⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲥⲁϯⲱⲛⲧⲟⲛⲙⲟⲟ[…] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲅⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲧⲛϭⲛⲧ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲙⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉ ⲛϭⲱⲗⲉ ⲥⲛⲧⲁⲣⲉ ⲙⲏⲧ ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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