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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220043
Letter from Frange to a holy brother TM 220043Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk known from the Theban region, to a God-loving holy brother, asking a kindness. A priest named David is mentioned, and the writer sends greetings and expresses amazement at something.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I, Frange, am writing to his God-loving holy brother […]
[…] do the kindness […]
[…]
[verso]
as […]
[…] every matter […]
[I greet] your God-loving holy brotherhood […]
[…] the priest David. I greet you […] I am amazed […]
[…]
Frange was an anchorite whose many ostraca come from the Theban necropolis, usually dated to the 8th century AD. The restoration of the writer's name is partly supplied by the editor.
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.