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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲣⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ϩⲙ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲉ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲩⲁϣⲟⲩ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ χαίρειν
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Letter-opening of Frange to his beloved brothers TM 219910Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk living in the Theban mountain of Jeme, who calls himself "the dead man" and greets his beloved, God-loving brothers in the Lord. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
I, Frange,
the dead man,
who lives on
the mountain of Jeme,
writes, greeting
his beloved, God-loving brothers,
true and precious (?) men, in
the Lord, greetings.
"The dead man" is a monastic self-description expressing renunciation of the world; Frange was a hermit of the Theban mountain known from many ostraca, usually dated to the 8th century AD. Only the greeting formula survives or was written.
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.