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A Coptic ostracon letter from David, a priest, to his 'beloved brother' Frange, concerning a woman who came to him about a certain Enoch. David says he has persuaded her and writes to ask whether Frange agrees to an arrangement involving teaching. It comes from Thebes, from the archive of the monk Frange.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in the Theban necropolis whose large ostraca archive includes this letter. Several lines are damaged and the sense of the middle passage is uncertain; 'sachō' is read as 'teach' or 'be a teacher'.
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.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ πρεσβύτερος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁ … ⲉⲓ ⲁⲥπαρακαλεῖν ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉⲓ ⲁⲃⲟⲗ … ⲧⲏⲕ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲥ ϫⲉ … ⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲥⲟⲃⲕ ⲁ… ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩ ἀλλά ⲁⲓⲧⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲱⲓ ⲁⲓⲙϣⲁ ⲣⲱ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲧ ϫⲉ ⲉϥⲁⲣ ⲥⲁⲭⲱ ⲡⲱⲓ ⲧⲏⲧ ϩⲱ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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