o.frange.618
ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ […]ⲙⲛⲧⲁⲥϩⲁⲓ […] ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲧⲟ […] ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ[…]ⲉ ϣⲁⲛϯ[…]ⲙⲟⲩ […]ⲡⲟⲟⲩ, ⲛⲅ [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220156
Fragment of a letter of Frange TM 220156Theben
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A small fragment of a Coptic ostracon from Thebes, apparently a letter written by Frange, the well-known monk and scribe of western Thebes. Only scattered words survive, including a reference to writing and to 'today'.
In English machine translation
[Fra]nge, writing [...]
[...] to write (?) [...]
[...] to me the [...]
[...] do not [...] until I [...] die (?) [...]
[...] today, and you [...]
[...]
The opening name is restored as Frange, an 8th-century anchorite at the tomb of Amenemope (TT 29) in western Thebes whose ostraca form this collection. Much of the translation is uncertain because of the gaps.
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.