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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲕⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219808
Letter from Tareke to Frange asking for prayers TM 219808Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon letter in which Tareke greets her (or his) brother Frange in the Lord and asks him to pray for her by lifting up his holy hands. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I, Tareke (?), am writing to greet my brother Frange in the Lord. I greet you greatly with the whole fullness of my heart. Do the kindness: pray for me in […] lift up your holy hands.
Farewell.
[…]
Frange was a monk and scribe living in a tomb at Thebes in the 8th century, to whom many such ostraca were addressed. The phrase 'lift up your holy hands' refers to praying on the writer's behalf; the reading of the sender's name 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.