o.frange.377
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲣⲣⲟ ⲡⲉⲛϩ … ϩⲁⲙⲱⲥϩⲁ … ⲥⲓⲥ
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Letter of greeting from Frange to his beloved brothers TM 219916Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange, who greets his beloved brothers with a string of pious epithets. The rest is broken and only scattered words, including a possible name, survive. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, the most humble, greeting
his beloved brothers,
God-loving, man-loving, Christ-loving,
Jesus our Lord, the king, our […]
[…] Hamos (?) […]
[…]sis
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes, known from a large archive of ostraca. The reading of the last lines 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.