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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from a woman to the monk Frange in the Theban region. She explains that a basket has stood ready for three days but she has found no one to carry it, says that as a woman she cannot manage it herself, and asks for his prayers.
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose ostraca survive in large numbers. The sender's name and the phrases about the basket and the carrier are uncertain readings.
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.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉⲓⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲧⲥⲓⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣⲁⲅⲅⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲥ ϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲃⲓⲣ ⲙⲉⲣ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲓϭⲓⲛ ϩⲁⲗⲙⲉϩⲉ ϯϭⲛ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲛ πλήν ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ ϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
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