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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141007
Letter from Frange to Apa Paulos asking for oil TM 141007Theben
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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to Apa Paulos, asking him to exchange a portion of wax (or wax-work) for a little oil on his behalf, as the need is very great. It comes from Thebes.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing and greeting his beloved, God-loving father, the good man, Apa Paulos. Do the charity, my beloved father, and take the hand of wax(?) and give it for a little oil for me. Do it for the love of God, for there is great, great need.
Farewell in the Lord.
Frange was an 8th-century monk at Theban Tomb 29 who left a large archive of ostraca. The phrase rendered 'hand of wax' (tecij n-keiria) is obscure and may denote a measure or piece of wax.
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.