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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange, who lived on the mountain of Jeme (western Thebes), to his brother Ananias and his family. He asks Ananias, as soon as the message arrives, to drop everything, find certain items and come to him.
Frange was a monk-anchorite of the 8th century AD in the Theban necropolis; the 'plax' is probably this very ostracon. Several requested objects (balat, mmous, bese) are of uncertain meaning.
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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