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Loan of money from a monk of the monastery of Apa Apollos, with guarantor TM 18970Hermopolites7. Sept. 539

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A loan contract in which Aurelius Mathias son of Pamounios, with the village headman Aurelius Abraamios son of Daniel as guarantor, both of the village of Moirai, acknowledge borrowing from the monk Apa Anouphios of the monastery of Apa Apollos near Titkois in the Hermopolite nome. The docket on the back, partly in Coptic, suggests the sum was one gold solidus. Dated 7 September 539.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the consulship of Flavius Apion, the most glorious, Thoth 9, 3rd indiction. From Aurelius Mathias son of Pamounios, his mother being Tabiktor, with his guarantor for the payment, repayment and restitution of the debt set out below, me, Aurelius Abraamios son of Daniel, village headman, both from the village of Moirai in the Koussite nome, to the most pious Apa Anouphios, monk of the monastery of Apa Apollos of the mountain of the village of Titkois in the great Hermopolite nome, greetings. We, the aforementioned Mathias son of Pamounios and Abraamios son of Daniel, village headman, guarantor, acknowledge through this our written security that we have received and borrowed from your piety […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Bond of Mathias son of Pamounios with guarantor […] (Coptic) Pmoeir: Mathias son of P[amoune] […] son of Daniel, one solidus […]

The body of the contract, including the amount and terms, is lost; the amount of one solidus comes only from the bilingual docket on the verso. Pmoeir in the Coptic docket is the Coptic name of the village of Moirai.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Money). 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 · 7. Sept. 539 · Hermopolites

[r] ὑπατεία Φλαουΐου Ἀπίωνος τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου Θῶθ θ γ ἰνδικτίονος παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Μαθία Παμουνίου ἐκ μητρὸς Ταβίκτορος μετʼ ἐγγυητοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔχθεσιν καὶ ἀπόδοσιν καὶ ἀποκατάστασιν τοῦ ἑξῆς δηλουμένου χρέους ἐμοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ἀβρααμίου Δανιηλίου κωμάρχου ἀμφότεροι ἀπὸ κώμης Μοιρῶν τοῦ …