o.frange.511
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲙⲛ ⲧϣⲙϣⲓⲗⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ ἐπειδή ⲁⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϥϭⲛⲛⲧ ⲉⲓϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁ[…] …
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Opening of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange, greeting Enoch, a woman named Tshemshilou (?) and her children. It begins to recount how Enoch visited and found Frange sick, but breaks off. It comes from the Theban area.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive. The name Tshemshilou is uncertain in reading and form.
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.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲙⲛ ⲧϣⲙϣⲓⲗⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ ἐπειδή ⲁⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϥϭⲛⲛⲧ ⲉⲓϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁ[…] …
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