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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange and Moses to Markos, consoling him over a troubling matter involving a working animal and assuring him of their prayers that he will obtain a male animal. They urge him to bring a little oil and come to them quickly before Easter (Pascha).
Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb in western Thebes, known from many ostraca. Some phrases, especially about the animal and the negative 'ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕϥⲓ', are difficult and the rendering is tentative.
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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