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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220037
Letter from Frange to his brother Enoch TM 220037Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange to his beloved brother Enoch, sending warm greetings and beginning a request for a brotherly favour. It comes from Thebes; the rest of the text is lost.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing, greeting my beloved brother Enoch. I greet you greatly with all my heart. Do the brotherly and friendly deed which you have (?) […]
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Frange was an anchorite living in western Thebes, probably in the 8th century, and many of his letters on ostraca survive. The phrase 'do the brotherliness and the friendship' is a stock formula for asking a favour.
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.