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Community guarantee of Aphrodito for a sealed pass issued to Onnophrios TM 19931Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)709 - 714

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A bilingual Arabic-Greek-Coptic agreement by the community of Aphrodito to the pagarch Basileios, acting for the governor Qurra, concerning a sealed pass (sigillion) issued to the villager Onnophrios son of Paeiane, who is staying in the hamlet of Psinemoun. The villagers guarantee he will remain and pay his taxes, pledging their property and swearing an oath.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the name of the Merciful and […] (Arabic text) There is no god but […] Muhammad is the apostle […] (Arabic text) Abd Allah son of al-Walid […] Commander of the Faithful […] † In the name of the Father and the Son and […] in the unity of the Trinity […] † The whole community of the people of the village of Djkow (Aphrodito) […] this agreement, those who know how to write […] write on their behalf; we write to the public account, [that is, our lord the all-praised] Qurra, the most extraordinary, through [you, to you, the most glorious lord, the lord Basileios,] the illustrious and pagarch of this village of [Djkow] […] to us, being complete in the place of presenting […] we came, we entreated you, you […] sealed pass to him, namely Onnophrios son of […] so that he may remain in his place and pay his tax […] for him; and we came, we […] if any movement happens concerning this matter […] your authority will determine […] this agreement to you, being liable [with all our property] […] until we do as we said before, [swearing by the name of God] and the safety of the lords who rule over us […] [verso] [† Agreement made by the community of the village of A]phrodito concerning the sealed passes given to Onnophrios son of Paeiane from the same village, who is in the hamlet of Psinemoun of the pagarchy of Antaiopolis and Apollonos, to the public account, that is, to our master Flavius Basileios, the most glorious pagarch

A sigillion was a sealed travel or residence permit used under early Arab rule to control movement of taxpayers. The Arabic protocol names the caliph al-Walid via his son Abd Allah; much of the Coptic is restored from parallel documents.

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 · 709 - 714 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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