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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220035
Letter from Frange to his brother Apa […] asking a favour TM 220035Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange, a monk and letter-writer known from the Theban area, to a brother named Apa […], asking him to do a great act of charity. Only the opening lines survive; the request itself is lost.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I, Frange, am writing, greeting my beloved good brother Apa […]
Moreover, do the great
charity […]
[…]
[…]
[verso]
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[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
The verso preserves only scattered letters that cannot be translated. The phrase 'do the great charity' is a common polite formula for introducing a request.
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.