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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange to his 'beloved brother' Shenoute, opening with warm greetings. On the back he says he has sent Shenoute some items and asks him to look after them, mentioning his mother; the rest is badly damaged. It comes from the Theban region.
Frange was a monk living in a tomb in western Thebes who wrote many such ostraca. The word ⲛⲉⲁⲥⲏⲣ is uncertain and may name a type of object or vessel; the verso is too damaged for a continuous reading.
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.
[r] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ [v] ⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲁⲥⲏⲣ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ … ϣⲁ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲕ … ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ … ϩⲁⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲕ[…] … ⲧⲁⲕ ⲉϫⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲁⲁⲩ […] …ⲟ … ⲙⲁⲕⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲟⲉⲛⲉϩ
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