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A Coptic ostracon letter from Frange, a monk living on the mountain of Djeme (western Thebes), to a woman he calls his sister. He asks her not to hold back a share of a gold solidus connected with a dispute involving his brothers, and urges her to write quickly about releasing the share of a woman named Tahamphoibammon.
Frange was an anchorite of the 8th century who lived in a tomb at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna; several phrases here are obscure and the translation of them is tentative. The solidus (holokottinos) was the standard gold coin of the period.
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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