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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220031
Letter from Frange to a beloved brother TM 220031Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange, who calls himself a sinner, greeting a beloved brother. Only the address and greeting survive. It comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, the sinner, am writing and greeting my beloved lord brother […], my beloved brother […]es. I greet you.
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Frange was an anchorite living in a tomb in western Thebes, and he wrote many such ostraca. The self-description "the sinner" is a conventional monastic expression of humility and is partly restored.
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.