o.frange.331
ⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲥⲓⲉ ϫⲉ ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲣϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲛ ⲕⲁⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ϣⲁ ⲡϫⲛⲉⲓⲱⲣ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲧⲛⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲉⲩϥⲓ ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ παντῶς ⲡⲁⲙϣⲁⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲁϣⲉ
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Letter of complaint from Frange about Karakos and bread TM 219871Theben
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A Coptic ostracon from the hermit Frange at Thebes, complaining to a correspondent that someone sent through Karakos was not accompanied to the crossing, and that bread was taken from him. Frange reproaches the recipient for treating him this way when he is a sick or wretched man.
In English machine translation
It is not a day (?) ... the man.
I, Frange, writing to Tsie (?): The whole community (?) is this one that you sent (?) ... darkness (?) to me through Karakos. You did not walk with him to the crossing, which we left (?) while they took bread from him. By all means (?) ... this is the way you treat me, because I am a sick (?) man.
The Coptic is difficult and several phrases are uncertain; the translation is tentative. Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive.
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.