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Village guarantee of Aphrodito concerning Phoibammon son of Jeremias TM 19932Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)4. Dez. 709

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A Coptic agreement, with Arabic-style Greek protocol, by which the villagers of Aphrodito undertake, under the authority of the governor Qurra ibn Sharik and the pagarch Basilios, to present a certain Phoibammon son of Jeremias, apparently as surety or guarantor for a summoned person. It was written on 4 December 709.

In English machine translation

In the name of […] the merciful and compassionate [… 1 line lost …] There is no god but God [… 1 line lost …] Abd el-Malik, the counsellor (symboulos). † In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the holy and life-giving and consubstantial Trinity in unity. † Written in the month Choiak 8, of the eighth indiction. † Signature of the men of the village of Djkow (Aphrodito), who draw up this agreement: those who know how to write, writing with their own hand, [and those who do not] know how to write, the hypographeus (signatory) writing on their behalf. We write to the public account, that is […] … the lord Qurra the symboulos (governor), and through the most glorious lord, the lord [Basi]lios, the illustrious and pagarch of the village of Djkow and all its hamlets and all its plains, [and] through also the most admirable Apa Kosma his representative. We are content and we acknowledge, […] [the men of] our village who will sign this agreement below […] […] superiors (?) order that we send trustworthy men to the place to present […] [Phoib]ammon son of the blessed Jeremias, the one whom Abdella son of Pene the Shoureh (?) […] the one charged to be presented within the district of Kois (?), to present him for us to our village [… ? lines lost …] [verso] Agreement made with Phoibammon son of Jeremias on behalf of the community of the village of Aphrodito

The opening protocol preserves the Muslim formula 'there is no god but God' with the name of Abd al-Malik; Djkow is the Coptic name of Aphrodito. Several lines are damaged, so the exact role of Phoibammon and Abdella 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 · 4. Dez. 709 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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