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A Coptic ostracon letter addressed to the monk Apa Frange from a humble presbyter named Isaak. The writer reports that the brother Isaak he was asked about had gone elsewhere, and asks Frange to receive him kindly when he arrives until God provides a place for him. It comes from the Theban region.
Frange was a monk-scribe living in a tomb at western Thebes in the 8th century. The readings ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲁⲛ and ⲉϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ are taken here as place or personal names and are 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.
[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲕⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲓⲥⲁⲕ πρεσβυτέρος ⲛἐλάχιστος † πρὸ πάντων ⲧⲛπροσκυνεῖν ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲛἀσπάζειν ⲙⲡⲉἴχνος ⲛⲛⲉⲕⲟⲩⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ἐπειδή ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲁⲛ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲓϭⲛⲧⲥ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ ⲉⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱϥ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛ…
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