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A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to David and Tanaste, greeting their little son Moses as well. Frange complains of great distress, compares their troubling of his heart to that caused by John the Nubian and another person, and threatens to go into exile until he dies. It comes from the Theban region.
Frange was an anchorite of the early 8th century living in western Thebes. The Greek word cholē (bile, bitterness) and the obscure term 'Shoumaer' make parts of the complaint uncertain; 'go to the foreign land' may mean leaving into exile or self-imposed wandering.
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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