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Letter from Frange to his brother Theodoros asking him to come quickly TM 141047Theben
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A short Coptic ostracon in which the monk Frange urges his brother Theodoros to take his blanket and come to him at once, because the need is very great. It comes from Thebes.
In English machine translation
[recto]
The most humble Frange, writing to his brother Theodoros: Take your blanket (?) and come in. Farewell in the Lord.
[verso]
Come quickly, quickly, in haste, for the need is very, very great.
Frange was a monk living in a tomb in western Thebes in the 8th century AD, known from many ostraca. The word translated 'blanket' (lodix) is a Latin loanword for a woollen cover or rug.
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.