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Letter of Frange demanding the return of the brothers' tools TM 141099Theben

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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, written by or for the monk Frange to a fellow monk he calls his brother. He reproaches him for taking the brothers' tools away without thought and urges him to send them back quickly, warning of the brothers' distress and a penalty.

In English machine translation

First of all, I greet you. After that, I inform you of this matter: Neither for God's sake did you do it, nor did you do it for my sake, though I am your brother. But you took the tools of the brothers and went away to the deceased (?) in ignorance. You have done it. Now, do the charity and send the tools of the brothers to them with haste. Otherwise, God knows that if you do not send them quickly, the hearts of the brothers will be troubled, and your own trouble will become greater, and you will pay the penalty for it, my lord (?) [...], through Frange.

Frange was an 8th-century monk living in a tomb at western Thebes; several phrases ("the deceased", the final words) are uncertain in reading. "Charity" renders Greek agape, a polite formula meaning "please"."}

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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