o.frange.288
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ […] […]…ϥ…ⲉ[…] […] ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ […] […] ⲛⲉⲕ ϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ […] […] ⲁⲅⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ […] […] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ … [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219828
Letter from a woman to the monk Frange TM 219828Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area, addressed to the monk Frange. The writer describes herself humbly and greets him warmly in the Lord; the rest survives only in phrases mentioning his holy hands.
In English machine translation
I,
the worthless (?)
[…] woman, am writing to greet my beloved brother Frange
in the Lord. I greet you
very much […]
[…] … […]
[…] in … carry up […]
[…] your holy hands […]
[…] without worthlessness (?) […]
[…] I […]
[… lines lost …]
The word read as ateiatshau ("worthless") is a self-deprecating epithet common in letters to Frange; the sender's identity as a woman depends on the feminine article in the damaged opening. Frange was an anchorite in western Thebes in the 8th century AD.
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.