o.frange.406
… ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ … ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος … ⲉⲓ ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓπροσκυνεῖν ⲉⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219945
Opening of a letter from Frange to his brothers TM 219945Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, apparently written by the monk Frange, who calls himself 'the most humble', greeting his beloved brothers. Only the introductory formulas survive.
In English machine translation
[…] Frange (?)
[…] I, the most humble,
[…] I […]
Before all things
I write, greeting
my beloved God-loving brothers
[…]
The sender's name is only partly preserved but fits Frange, an 8th-century monk at Thebes known from many ostraca. 'Before all things I write, greeting' renders the standard Coptic letter opening.
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.