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Letter from Frange to Enoch requesting a vessel TM 86884Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII

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A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Frange to his brother Enoch, sent with his brother Daniel, mentioning a jar and asking Enoch to send him a vessel. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD and comes from the Theban west bank.

In English machine translation

First, it is my humble self who writes, greeting my beloved brother Enoch. Behold, the list (?): I have sent it to him, together with a jar and a relic (?), I sent them to you by my brother Daniel. Do the brotherly act and do the charity and send me a vessel (?) by my brother Daniel. I have no vessels (?) at all at the time of finding [...] the jar (?) ... Now I beseech you, send me one, [...] that it may come out ... You will do me [a kindness] ... that I may fill for you the ... [...] Give it to my God-loving brother Enoch, from Frange. Pray for me.

Frange is a well-known Theban anchorite of the Monastery of Epiphanius area. Several Coptic words (e.g. ⲟⲩⲓⲁⲁⲩ, ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩ, κειρία) are of uncertain meaning, so parts of the translation are tentative.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). 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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