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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219826
Letter from Tsie to her brother Frange TM 219826Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from a woman named Tsie to her 'brother' Frange, consisting only of greetings before the text breaks off. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I, Tsie [the unworthy (?)],
am writing, greeting [my beloved] brother Frange in [the Lord].
I greet you [greatly with]
all my heart […]
[… ? lines lost …]
Frange was a monk living in a tomb in western Thebes in the 8th century, and many ostraca from his dossier survive. Here 'brother' is probably a monastic or Christian form of address.
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.