o.frange.305
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] […]… ⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲉ […] […]… ⲁⲓϫⲛⲁϩⲉ[…] […]ⲧⲱⲧ ϩⲏⲧⲉ[…] […]ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧ ⲉⲕⲗ…[…] […]ϯⲙ … ϩⲛⲉⲛ[…] […] ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ […] […]ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ […] […]ⲧⲉⲛ[…] […]ⲧⲁ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219845
Fragment of a Coptic ostracon, possibly a letter TM 219845Theben
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A small fragment of a Coptic ostracon from the Theban region, probably part of a letter. Only scattered words survive, including references to the heart and possibly to asking.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] […]
[…] … […] (?) […]
[…] I asked (?) […]
[…] persuade (?) the heart (?) […]
[…] hand (?) […]
[…] I […] some […]
[…] for it […]
[…] my heart […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Only isolated words can be read, so any rendering is highly uncertain. The ostracon belongs to the Coptic ostraca from western Thebes, which are mostly letters of the 7th-8th centuries 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.