o.frange.588
[… ? lines lost …] […]…… […]ⲟⲩⲉ[…] … ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ[…] […] […] ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ […] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙ ⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲏ […] ⲟⲩⲁⲧϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛ […] ⲙⲡϣⲁ … ⲛⲛⲉϩ … [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220126
Fragment of a letter from Frange TM 220126Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic ostracon from the correspondence of Frange, a monk living at Thebes. A Paulos is mentioned, and Frange's self-designation as a fool (or 'heartless one') fits the self-deprecating style typical of his letters.
In English machine translation
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[… Pau]los (?) […] […]
[…] in the Lord […]
I, Frange, write to my twin (?) […]
a fool and […]
[…] worthy (?) […] […]
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Frange was an 8th-century monk at the tomb of Amenemope (TT 29) in western Thebes. The word read as 'twin' (ⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲏ) is uncertain and may be a personal name or a term of address.
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.