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Guarantee for sailors sent to the raiding fleet from Bounoi and Sakoore TM 19924Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)14. März 709

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A bilingual Greek-Coptic guarantee agreement from Aphrodito in which the village headmen of Bounoi and Sakoore stand surety for sailors sent to serve in the Arab-period Egyptian raiding fleet. It opens with an Islamic-style invocation and is signed by witnesses and the notary Theodoros, dated 14 March 709.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1, recto] In the name of God the Merciful [...] [... 1 line lost ...] There is no god but God alone. [...] of the Holy Spirit, the holy and life-giving and [...] [...] † Written in the month of Phamenoth 19, seventh indiction † [...] [the district] of Psoi and Kollouthos son of Valentios the headman [...] [Fragment 2] [...] to bend(?) [...]; but if one of them should bend(?), our lord the all-renowned counsellor shall fix it upon us for his [...] † I, Kortha(?) son of Varentios(?), headman of Sakoore(?), agree to this guarantee agreement according to its force, and I take the risk on behalf of Mouses son of Makare, the sailor(?), so that he goes to his service [...], so that I am liable to every penalty as our lord the all-renowned counsellor [...] I, Apa Viktor son of Theodosios: he asked me and I wrote for him, since he does not know letters. † † I, Athanasios son of the late Makare, am witness to this agreement according to its force. † † David, least presbyter, son of the late Iakob, am witness to this guarantee agreement according to its force. † [...] † I, Dioskoros son of the late Isaak, man of Tjkow (Antaiopolis), am witness to this agreement at the request of the one who drew it up. † † I, Phoibammon son of the late Theodoros, am witness to this agreement according to its force. † † Apollo, the least presbyter, son of the late Thomas, am witness to this guarantee agreement according to its force. † Guarantee notice of Patermouthios son of Menas, headman of the hamlet of Bounoi, and Kollouthos son of Valentios, headman [of the hamlet of Sakoore]. † Through me, Theodoros, with God, [notary † † †] [Fragment 1, verso] † Guarantee agreement made by Patermouthios son of Menas, headman of Bounoi, and Kollouthos, headman of Sak[oore], for the dispatch of 3 sailors on account of sailors for the boats of the Egyptian raiding fleet (kourson) for [...] the fleet of the 8th indiction; written in the month of Phamenoth [19, seventh indiction †]

The kourson was the annual naval raiding expedition of the Umayyad fleet, manned by levies from Egyptian villages. Some Coptic names and phrases in the guarantor's statement are damaged and their rendering is uncertain.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. März 709 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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