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Letter of Frange greeting his beloved brothers TM 219912Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk living at Thebes, greeting his beloved, God-loving brothers, whom he praises as true men who bear Christ in truth and righteousness. Only the address and greeting survive in this edition.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing,
greeting his beloved brothers who love God,
true men who bear Christ in truth and righteousness […]
Frange was an anchorite of the 8th century AD at Thebes; the text breaks off after the opening greeting.
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.