o.frange.289
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ […]ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ […] ⲛⲉⲕ[…]ⲟⲕ ⲣ… [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219829
Fragmentary letter with greeting to a beloved brother TM 219829Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, in which the sender, describing herself or himself with the humble epithet "the worthless one", greets a beloved brother in the Lord. Only the greeting formula and a few words of the body survive.
In English machine translation
[I], the worthless one, [Tsie (?), am writ]ing, greeting
[my belove]d brother
[Frange, in] the Lord.
[…] my brother
[…] your […] …
[…]
The sender's name and the addressee (likely the monk Frange, whose archive this ostracon belongs to) are restored by the editor. "The worthless one" is a conventional monastic expression of humility.
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.