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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to his sister Telole, greeting her and her children with a Christian blessing. On the other side he asks her to send a little oil and two measures of wheat through his brother Pesente quickly, and expresses concern for the animals.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite living in a tomb on the Theban west bank; his many ostraca are largely letters of this kind. The mače (mation) is a dry measure; the final clause about the animals may mean his heart will be eased if the animals are cared for.
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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