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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange and Moses to Pelustre, his wife Etanit and their children, with special greetings to the little son Bathouel. On the back Frange asks Pelustre, as an act of charity, to accompany Akyrikos and load his 'blessing' (a gift) for him, since Akyrikos is weak. From Thebes.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite of western Thebes whose ostraca survive in large numbers. 'Blessing' (smou) here likely means a gift of goods; the rendering of 'etalme' as loading onto a donkey is uncertain.
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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