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Letter from Frange to Sabine asking for a small iron tool TM 140936Theben

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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to his brother Sabine, sending greetings to him and his household. Frange asks Sabine to make him a small iron tool (perhaps an axe) without delay and send it quickly. It comes from the Theban area.

In English machine translation

[recto] I, Frange, the least of sinners, am writing and greeting his beloved lord brother Sabine. I greet you very very much in the whole fullness of my soul in the Lord. After this, I greet all your people who are in your house. Farewell in the Lord, my beloved brother. [verso] Behold, I am writing, exhorting your lordship, the good brother, that when you hear the letter of my littleness, do not neglect a single day in the matter, which is this: do the great charity with me and forge a small axe (?) for me, which is needed, one span long (?) of iron, and put a ... to it, one span (?) beautifully and well, and send it to me quickly.

Frange was a monk living in Theban Tomb 29 in the 8th century; the word translated 'axe' (garte) and the measurement terms are uncertain. The word kiϩ, something fitted to the tool (perhaps a handle), is left untranslated.

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.

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