o.frange.335
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡⲉ[…] ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ …[…] καὶ γάρ ἀληθῶς
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Letter from Frange to his sister Tsie asking for news of her health TM 219874Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his beloved sister Tsie, asking her to send news of her health. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing, greeting my beloved sister Tsie. Do the kindness and send me your [health] by [...]
God-loving [...]
For indeed truly.
Frange was an anchorite living in a tomb in western Thebes in the 8th century AD; the restoration of 'health' (oujai) and the sense of the final Greek phrase are uncertain."Sister" may be a spiritual rather than family term."Send me your health" is a Coptic idiom for sending news of one's well-being.
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.