o.frange.427
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩδικαιοσύνη ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ […]ⲥⲱⲥ· ⲟⲛ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲟⲛ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲛ …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219966
Opening of a letter from Frange to his beloved brothers TM 219966Theben
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A Coptic ostracon from Thebes beginning a letter from Frange, a monk, who greets his beloved brothers. After the greeting the writer only repeats the transition phrase "after this" several times and begins another greeting, so the text may be a draft or a writing exercise rather than a sent letter.
In English machine translation
I, Frange,
the most humble, am writing and greeting
my beloved brothers, who love God and love people,
[in] truth and righteousness. After this,
[… after] this, again,
after this, after this,
after this again,
I greet
[…]
…
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite living in Theban Tomb 29, and many of his ostraca survive. The repeated "after this" suggests a pen trial or practice of letter formulae.
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.