o.frange.559
[… ? lines lost …] […]… […]…ⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲧⲉ […]ⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲱ ⲛ[…]ⲩ ⲉⲣⲟ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉ […] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲛⲧⲁ […] ⲁⲍⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ϩⲛ ϩⲱⲃ […] ⲁⲩⲱ κατά ⲡⲕⲟ[…]ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ […] ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲡⲉⲥⲟⲛ […]ⲣⲟⲟⲩϣ […]ⲧⲉ ϩⲛ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ […]ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220096
Fragmentary letter from Frange mentioning Azarias and brother Moses TM 220096Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange at Thebes, mentioning Azarias and the brother Moses. Only scattered phrases survive, including a request for something to be given and a closing wish for health.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
[…] …
[…] … give it to […]
[…] which I said […] to you that […]
[…] I, Frange, who […]
[…] Azarias in every (?) matter
[…] and according to the […] father of man (?)
[…] Moses the brother
[…] care
[…] in every matter
[…] farewell (?)
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose ostraca form a well-known archive. The final word is probably a form of the closing greeting oujai, 'be well'.
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.