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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲕⲉ ⲛⲧⲃⲧ ⲛⲧⲉϫⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲛ ⲡⲉⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲉⲓ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲱ ⲙⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ
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Letter from Frange to Tsie asking for fish and honey TM 219870Theben
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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk living near Thebes, to a woman named Tsie, whom he calls his God-loving mother. He asks her to find some fish product and a little pure honey and send them through a brother, and he asks for her prayers because he is very ill.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing and greeting his God-loving mother Tsie. Do me the kindness and look for some fish-pounding(?) (sikê of fish) and send it to me through the brother. My heart is not well, it is very ill. Pray for me. Farewell in the Lord.
Look for a little true honey for me.
The phrase rendered 'sikê of fish' (ⲥⲓⲕⲉ ⲛⲧⲃⲧ) is uncertain; it may denote ground or pounded fish. Frange was an anchorite of the Theban necropolis known from many ostraca; the date comes from that dossier rather than the text itself.
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.