o.frange.496
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220033
Letter from Frange to Apa Isaak mentioning a priest TM 220033Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to his beloved brother Apa Isaak, mentioning a priest, something to be sent through an intermediary, and someone going about on the mountain. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[…]
[I, Frange, am] writing and [greeting my] beloved lord, [the good brother] Apa Isaak.
[…] my beloved brother
[…] the priest (presbyter) […] to me, "Send […]
[…] send it to you through him
[…] he goes around on the mountain
[…] to me, "[…] brother Isaak
[…]
[…]
[…]
[… ? lines lost …]
Frange's name in the opening is restored by the editor. "The mountain" (ptoou) refers to the desert cliffs of western Thebes where monks lived.
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.