Letter to Frange asking him to come out and to pray TM 219813Theben

A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to the monk Frange at Thebes, asking him as a kindness to come out to the writer and closing with a request for his prayers. Much of the middle of the letter is lost.

In English machine translation

Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes, whose correspondence survives on many ostraca. The writer's name at the start is largely restored and 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.