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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange and Moses to Azarias and his wife, sending Christian greetings. The back gives instructions about a piece of cloth or garment, asking the recipient to cut it quickly as previously described. It comes from the Theban area.
Frange was an 8th-century monk and weaver living in a tomb at Thebes, which explains the instructions about cloth. Several phrases are obscure and the translation is tentative in places.
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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