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A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to the monk Frange in the Theban region. The writer asks for his prayers, speaks of being discouraged, and asks for two garments to be sent back to him.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite living in Theban Tomb 29, whose ostraca form a well-known archive. Several lines are damaged 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.
[…] […] ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϯ ⲟⲩⲧⲱⲕ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲟⲩⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲱⲛϩ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁⲓⲣ ϭⲁⲃ ϩⲏⲧ ϩⲁ ⲛⲁⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲧⲁⲓ …ⲱ… ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ μέν …ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁϯ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ πιστεύειν ⲛⲁⲓ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ … […]ϩⲱⲃⲥ ⲧⲁⲛⲁ … ⲉ […]ⲥⲱ ⲁⲕ …[…]ⲥ ⲡⲉϣⲁⲩ…
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