Fragment of a Coptic legal document, probably an acknowledgement, in which a certain Mena writes concerning the public account and a most glorious lord. The Greek docket on the back refers to Theodosios son of Pouonsh, Theodosios son of Abraham, and solidi demanded from the people of Aphrodito for the public taxes of the 7th indiction.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† In the name of the Father and […]
in unity […]
† I, Mena son of the late […]
I write to the public account […]
from us, the most glorious lord […]
[…] that I acknowledge that […]
[verso]
[…] of Theodosios son of Pouonsh and Theodosios son of Abraham […]
[…] for the 35 1/2 1/3 (?) solidi demanded from the people of the village of Aphrodito […]
from the public taxes of the 7th indiction, and other lines †
The sum in the docket is read as 35 with fractions; the reading of the fractions is uncertain. The invocation of the Trinity is typical of Coptic legal documents of the early Arab period.
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.