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A Coptic ostracon letter from Thebes in which a woman (name partly restored) writes to her beloved brother Frange, sending cheeses, bundles, loaves, an artaba of wheat and other goods. She mentions lengths of band handed over to Pone and asks Frange to pray for her with his holy hands.
Frange was a monk living in a hermitage near Thebes in the 8th century; his correspondence on ostraca often concerns weaving and bands (keiria). The sender's name is restored, and several numbers and words in lines 7-9 are 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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