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bgu.2.403 Mitte VIIArsinoites
Undertaking by the headman Menas to the pagarch John with penalty clause. End of a written undertaking by Menas, a village headman son of Nepheras, to the pagarch John, promising a penalty of six gold solidi for each item if he fails to perform his obligation by the agreed deadline. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the mid-7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 37104.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta ArsinoitesMitte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[r]
[…]…τω[…]
εἰ δὲ μὴ τοῦτο πράξω τῇ εἰρημένῃ
προθεσμίᾳ, ἐνέχεσθαί με παρασχεῖν
τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ οἰκόθεν
καὶ ἐξ ἰδίου μου πόρου ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου
γοναχίου χρυσοῦ νομίσματα ἓξ
χρυσοῦ νομίσματα ϛ. κυρία ἡ ὁμολογία
καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα † Μηνᾶς μείζων
υἱὸς Νεφερᾶ στοιχεῖ μοι πάντα
ὡς πρόκειται †
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[v]
[…]Ἰωάννην τὸν μεγαλοπρεπέστατον πάγαρχον †Translations (1)
[recto]
[…] […]
and if I do not do this by the said deadline, I am liable to provide to your magnificence from my own house and from my own means, for each gonachion (?), six solidi of gold, 6 gold solidi. The agreement is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. † I, Menas, headman, son of Nepheras, agree to everything as stated above. †
[…]
[verso]
[…] […] John the most magnificent pagarch †
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