o.frange.611
[… ? lines lost …] […]ⲛⲥ ⲉⲓⲟⲛϩ […] ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲉ […]ⲡⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲉ […] ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲙⲁⲁⲩ […] ⲙⲛⲧⲁⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥ ⲧⲉ […]ⲛϫⲱ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220149
Fragmentary letter with greetings to a mother and sister TM 220149Theben
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Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, apparently from the archive of the monk Frange. The surviving lines mention a son, someone who has died, and a request to greet the writer's mother and sister, possibly named Anastasia.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] while I am alive (?)
[…] the two (?) […]
[…] your son
[…] go to the one who is d[ead (?); be so kind] and greet my mother
[…] and my sister Anastasia (?)
[…]
The reading of the sister's name as Anastasia and the phrase about the dead person depend on restorations. The Frange ostraca from the Theban necropolis are usually dated to the 8th century AD.
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.