Letters of Frange requesting palm fibre and expressing condolence TM 141014Theben

[recto] Jesus Christ, have mercy on us in love. Amen. I, Frange, write and greet my beloved good father Isaak and my sister who is dear to me as God (?), Anna. I greet also your children. Do the kindness, my sister Anna, and now throw (?) a ball (?) of (palm-)fibre to Samuel and send it to me quickly, so that I may find it, for I have warped (?) it. If you do not send it to me quickly, with a mixture (?) of fibre, give a mixture (?) of fibre to Kyrikos and he will bring it to me, so that I may plant (?). For it is needed. Farewell in the Lord. [verso] I, Frange, and Moses write and greet their good brothers Samuel and Sephora. We have heard that the daughter of Krsene, the sister of Sephora, has died. We have taken great grief (?). Now, Samuel, leave everything behind you and take a mixture (?) of fibre and come to us quickly, quickly, for it is needed. Farewell in the Lord.