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Letter from Frange to a sister asking for wheat and other goods TM 219865Theben

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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk at Thebes, to a faithful woman (sister Tsie?), praising her charity and asking her to send 8 measures of wheat and some other goods, ending with a request for her prayers.

In English machine translation

I, Frange, am the one who writes, greeting his beloved faithful sister Tsie (?). I greet again the love that is in you toward every person, for they are all the image of God, especially the acts of mercy that you do […] Do me the kindness, according to every (?) model, to send 8 mation-measures of wheat for me, which I gave for donkeys (?), so that they (?) may […] 2 cerecloths (?) and 2 cheeses (?) for me […] pray for me.

Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes; several words in the request (measures, items sent) are uncertain in reading and meaning.' ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ' may mean cheese.

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.

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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲙπιστός ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧἀγάπη ⲉⲧⲛϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ϫⲉ ⲧεἰκών ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ μάλιστα ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ … ϩ…ⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲣ τυπός ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲧⲉϫⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲁ ⲉⲛⲓⲱ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲛκειρία ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ ⲛⲁⲓ …ⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲗⲏⲗ …

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