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Acknowledgment of a loan of gold solidi between monks of Apa Apollo TM 109850HermopolitesVII - VIII

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Fragmentary Coptic acknowledgment of a loan in which Iohannes, a monk of the monastery of Apa Apollo (at Bawit), declares to a fellow monk that he received three gold solidi and undertakes to repay them in the month Paope, without dispute, under oath. It dates to the 7th or 8th century AD, from the Hermopolite nome.

In English machine translation

† † I, Pason (?) Iohannes, the monk of the monastery (topos) of the holy Apa Apollo, write to […] the monk of the same monastery: Since I asked you and you gave me three gold solidi […] […] […] Now therefore, by the will of God, I am ready to give them to you without lawsuit, without […], without any dispute […] in the month Paope of this year […] indiction. I swear by God the Almighty and the welfare of those who rule over us at every time […] […] I agree […] […]

Much of the text, including the sum of three solidi and the repayment clauses, is restored from the standard loan formulary. The reading of the first name, possibly Pason, is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contrat de prêt d'argent?). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII - VIII · Hermopolites

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