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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from Thebes asking a man named David to collect three artabas of wheat from the house of Phoibammon of Karasise. He is to borrow a donkey, load the wheat and bring it so that the writer can have it ground, since it is urgently needed.
The opening is lost and some phrases, notably the instruction concerning the writer's father and the meaning of 'Karasise', are uncertain. 'The great man' probably refers to a local notable or superior.
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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