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A Coptic ostracon letter from Matthaios to the monk Apa Frange and his brother Moses, thanking them for a kindness and asking them to make something for a small belt. He asks for their prayers. It comes from the Theban area.
Frange was a monk-scribe at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna in western Thebes, known from a large ostraca dossier usually dated to the 8th century. The meaning of ϩⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩⲥ and the phrase translated 'made my heart rest' 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.
ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ μέν ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲛ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲧⲁⲛⲟ ⲧⲙⲁⲣⲥϫⲛⲁϩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲃⲱⲕ ϩⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩⲥ ⲉϯⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛζώνη ⲛⲁⲛ ⲟⲛ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϯ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ πλήν ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛ[…]ⲧⲉⲛⲧ[…] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀ…
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