o.frange.283
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓcϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛ̅ⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ […] […] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη […] […] … […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219823
Letter from Tsie to her brother Frange TM 219823Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon in which a woman named Tsie greets her beloved brother Frange and begins a request. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[It is] I, Tsie, who [write],
[greeting] my [beloved]
[brother] Frange […]
[…] please, do the kindness […]
[…] … […]
[… ? lines lost …]
Frange was an anchorite near Thebes whose correspondence survives on many ostraca; "brother" here may be a monastic form of address rather than a family tie. "Do the kindness" (ari tagape) is a standard Coptic formula for a polite request.
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.