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Letter from a sick woman to Frange asking for his prayers TM 219807Theben

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A Coptic ostracon letter from a woman to the monk Frange at Thebes, greeting him humbly and asking him to pray for her because she suffers great pain in her body. She calls herself a sinner and hopes God will listen to his prayers. The end is lost.

In English machine translation

I, Tahaam (?), the daughter of Kyriakos (?), am writing to greet my beloved brother Frange. I beseech you, prostrating myself before you, kissing your feet: do the charity of praying to the Lord for me, that he may have mercy on me, for there is a great pain in my body. Perhaps God will hear your prayer and have mercy on me, for I am a sinner. Perhaps he will hear you [...] [...] [...] [... lines lost ...]

Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose ostraca archive contains many letters. The reading of the sender's name and patronymic (ϭⲓⲣⲁⲕⲓⲛⲉⲧ) 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.

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