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Ostracon letter from the monk Frange and Moses to Phoibammon, Mariham and their children, sending greetings. On the back Frange asks Phoibammon to go with Psate to the house of Shone son of Papnoute concerning a tablet for Shone's wife, which Psate should read to her. From the Theban area.
Frange was an anchorite in western Thebes, generally dated to the 8th century AD. The verso is obscure in places and its translation is tentative; the Greek word plax (tablet) refers to a writing tablet or slab.
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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