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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219901
Letter from David to Apa Frange mentioning Petros and Ananias TM 219901Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from Thebes, apparently sent by a David and others to the anchorite Apa Frange. It mentions Petros, a father Saêl and Ananias, and ends with greetings and a farewell in the Lord.
In English machine translation
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[…] behold a […]
sealed(?) I […]
and a […]
Behold Petros […]
he went in […] father Saêl (?) […]
so that we may give it (?) […]
my son […] Ananias the […]
[…] heart, say […]
I […]
David. We write and greet our father Apa Frange. Farewell in the Lord.
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes, whose correspondence survives on ostraca. The reading of several words, including the name Saêl, 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.