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A Coptic ostracon letter from a woman named Tsie to Frange, a monk living near Thebes, greeting him and listing food and goods (loaves, fish, cheese, a dish) she has sent through an intermediary. She asks him to pray for her and raise his holy hands for her.
Frange was an 8th-century hermit at Thebes whose archive of ostraca survives; several lines here are obscure, so the list of items is uncertain. The word batane appears to be a Greek term for a dish or plate.
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 ⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲙ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲏⲣ ϩⲛⲱ ⲁⲓⲧⲁϥ ⲛⲕⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲛⲉϥ ϩⲙⲉ ⲙⲁⲓ ⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲙⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉ ⲛϭⲱⲗⲉ … ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ βατάνη ⲧⲃⲧ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ ⲁⲓⲧⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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