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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange to his 'brother' Kyrikos, urgently asking him to come at once about some matter and assuring him he can return home afterwards. It comes from the Theban area.
Frange was a monk and prolific letter writer living in a tomb in Western Thebes, probably in the 8th century AD. The phrase after 'so that I may find' is emended and its exact sense is uncertain; 'brother' likely means a fellow monk.
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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