Letter to Frange asking for prayers TM 219810Theben

A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to the monk Frange, in which a self-deprecating writer sends greetings to him, to all the saints by name and to a priest, and asks for prayers. The later lines seem to mention items such as two cheeses and something of David. It comes from the Theban area.

In English machine translation

Frange was a monk-scribe at the monastic settlement of Theban Tomb 29 in the 8th century AD; the text gives no date of its own. The words for the writer's self-description (literally 'worthless') and the reading 'cheeses' 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.