o.frange.612
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲉⲩⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲩϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲩ[…]ⲁⲥ ⲙⲛ […] ϣⲏⲣⲉ ἐπειδή[…]ⲁⲗⲁⲧ ⲛⲁ […]ⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϣⲁ […]ⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ […] ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ϯ […]ⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁϥ […] ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ […]ⲥ ⲛⲁ […]ⲛ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220150
Fragmentary letter from Frange and Moses TM 220150Theben
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A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange and Moses, sending greetings to a recipient and his children. Only scattered phrases survive, mentioning someone coming to the recipient and a need or necessity, before a closing farewell in the Lord. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[I, Frange, and] Moses [are writing, greeting] their […] and […] children. Since […] to me (?) […] to him until […] in the manner […] [he is] coming to you. I […] to him […] that it is necessary (?). [Farewell in] the Lord […] to me (?) […]
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite at Thebes whose ostraca form a well-known archive. The senders' names and the greeting and farewell formulas are largely restored from his usual letter style.
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.