o.frange.274
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Fragmentary letter concerning a man's wife, with request for prayer TM 219815Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from Thebes involving Frange (Phrange), concerning a matter connected with someone's wife. It closes with a request for prayer and a farewell in the Lord.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[bro]ther (?) Phrange […]
[…] the matter […]
of his wife […]
these things I left up […]
man ask after her
at all, the wife […]
[…] village (?) […]
pray, lift [up your] holy [hands]
Farewell
in the Lord.
Frange was an anchorite in western Thebes in the 8th century AD, many of whose ostraca survive. The phrase 'pray, lift up your holy hands' is a standard closing formula, partly restored here.
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.