o.frange.287
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ […]ⲧⲱⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […]ⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲟⲟⲡ […]ϯⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ […]ⲟϥ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ […]ⲣⲟⲛ ⲧⲛϭⲓⲛⲉ […]ϩⲟⲥⲉⲧⲁ … […]ⲟⲕ ⲁⲣⲓ … […]ϩⲛ …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219827
Letter from a woman to the monk Frange TM 219827Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter addressed to Frange, a monk well known from Theban ostraca, by a woman whose name may be Tsie. Only the opening greeting and scattered phrases survive.
In English machine translation
[I, the] wretched (?) Tsie (?), am writing,
[greeting my beloved] brother Frange in the Lord.
[…] God
[…] six (?) […] is (?)
[…] I will tell you
[…] come out of […]
[…] we find (?)
[…] …
[…] do …
[…] in …
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in the Theban necropolis whose correspondence survives on many ostraca. The reading of the opening words, including the sender's name, is 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.