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ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ϣⲏⲙ …ⲉ […]ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ […] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲛⲟϭ ⲛ ἀγαπή […] … […] … […]…ⲉ [… ? lines lost …]
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Letter from Frange to Apa Isaak about the brother Ananias TM 220051Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to Apa Isaak, introducing or mentioning a brother Ananias and a father Moses and asking for a great act of charity. It comes from Thebes.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing to his God-loving father Apa Isaak: Behold, the brother Ananias, small (?) […]
[…] father Moses
[…] do the great
[charity] […] …
[…] …
[…] …
[… ? lines lost …]
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca letters survive. The phrase 'do the great charity (agape)' is a standard formula of request in his letters.
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.