o.frange.285
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219825
Letter from a woman to her beloved brother Frange TM 219825Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, in which a woman writes to her 'beloved brother' Frange, the monk known from his own ostraca archive. Only the greeting formulas survive.
In English machine translation
I, Tiatshau (?), the bearer (?), am writing, greeting
my beloved [brother]
Frange in [the Lord].
I greet you [greatly]
The sender's name and the word after it (tsie) are uncertain readings. Frange was an 8th-century anchorite living in a Theban tomb, whose correspondence survives on ostraca.
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.