o.frange.507
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220044
Letter from Frange to Apa Johannes and Apa Enoch TM 220044Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange, greeting his holy fathers Apa Johannes and Apa Enoch and all the brothers by name, before a request that is lost. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[I], Frange,
[am writing] greeting
[my] holy [fathers and] God-loving ones, [Apa Jo]hannes
[and Apa] Enoch.
[I greet] also [all] the [brothers] by their [names]. [Do] the kindness [and…] …
[… ? lines lost …]
Frange was a monk and scribe living in a tomb in western Thebes in the 8th century, author of many surviving ostraca. Much of the greeting formula is restored from his usual phrasing.
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.