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Letter from Frange to his sister Tsie about items for Anastasia TM 219869Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monastic writer at Thebes, to a woman he calls his lady sister Tsie. He asks her to pass on to his sister Anastasia some items he has sent, and he closes asking for her prayers.
In English machine translation
Before all things, I write greeting my lady sister Tsie. Behold, the hōte (?) which I sent to you, and the kalite (?): give it to my sister Anastasia.
I, Frange, this sinner, am the one who writes.
Pray for me.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive. The words rendered hōte and kalite are obscure and probably name objects or vessels; their meaning 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.