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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲍⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁ […] ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ […] ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ […]ⲉⲙⲉⲉϩⲛ […]ⲁⲃ ⲡⲁ […]ⲁⲃ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219898
Letter from Azarias to Frange TM 219898Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon in which Azarias writes to greet his "father", apparently the monk Frange, at Thebes. Only the opening greeting survives.
In English machine translation
I, Azarias,
am writing to greet my […] father and […] Frange, so that […] […] my […] […]
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Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes, and many ostraca addressed to him survive. "Father" here is probably a monastic form of address rather than a family term.
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.