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A Coptic ostracon letter from Psate and Sousanna to the monk Frange, addressed as their beloved father, and to Moses, expressing great distress at hearing from their father that Frange was ill. It comes from Thebes, where Frange lived as a hermit in the 8th century.
Frange was an anchorite living in a tomb on the Theban west bank; 'mountain' (toou) refers to the desert area of the monastic settlement. The middle lines are damaged and their sense is 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.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ ⲉⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ἐπειδή ⲁⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲁϥϫⲟⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲕϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲁⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲁⲧⲁⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϭⲙ ⲡⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ϩⲁⲓ[…]ⲟⲩ ⲧⲁϣⲉ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲥϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲛ οὐδέ ⲡⲁⲕⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲕ…[…] ⲁⲛ ⲉϭⲛⲛⲧ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ἡ ἁγία…
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