o.frange.510
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220047
Letter from Frange to his brother Johannes and his sister TM 220047Theben
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area, in which the anchorite Frange greets his beloved brother Johannes, Johannes's beloved sister Tshoumaer and her son. The body of the letter is lost.
In English machine translation
I,
Frange, am writing and greeting
my beloved brother
Johannes and his beloved sister Tshoumaer (?) and her son
[…] […]
[… lines lost …]
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes who wrote many such ostraca. 'Brother' and 'sister' may be monastic or affectionate forms of address rather than family terms, and the reading of the woman's name is uncertain.
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.