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An ostracon with two short letters by the monk Frange of Thebes. On one side he asks his brother Jacob, greeting also his mother, to come to him with Ananias; on the other he urges his beloved brother Ananias to come quickly so he can consult him about a matter.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite living in the Theban necropolis, who wrote many such ostraca. The epithet 'God-loving' may refer to the mother or to Jacob, and 'brother' and 'mother' may be monastic titles rather than family terms.
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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