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Coptic ostracon letter from Susanna and Psate to the monk Frange and to Susanna's son Moses, responding to Frange's reported refusal (told to Susanna's father Elias) to keep her and Moses. It belongs to the dossier of the anchorite Frange at Thebes, 8th century.
Several phrases are obscure and the restorations are uncertain, so the sense of the dispute is only approximately clear. "Father" addressing Frange is a spiritual title for the monk; Frange is known from 8th-century Theban ostraca.
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 ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲩϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲩⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ἐπειδή ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲁϣⲕ ⲁⲛ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲁⲕϫⲁⲓⲕⲉⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲣϫⲉ ϯⲟⲩⲁϣⲕ παρά ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲁϥϫⲡⲟⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲁⲛⲛⲁ ἀλλά ⲕⲁ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲕⲙ[…]ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲕⲉⲙⲁⲁⲩ κατά ⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲕⲟⲩⲁϣⲥ […] ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉ…
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