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Deed of gift to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon TM 23230Theben749 - 771

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End of a Coptic deed of gift from Thebes donating animals (?) to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon as an offering for the donor and the donor's late mother, with a curse and fine of 4 solidi against anyone who challenges it. Witnesses subscribe and the deed was written by the scribe Petros son of Antonios of Memnonia, in the mid-8th century.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] send away to this monastery (topos), and these […] which will be an offering (prosphora) for me and for my blessed mother […] the judgment, so that the holy martyr Apa Phoibammon may entreat our Lord and our God Jesus Christ for us, that he may have mercy on us in the place of judgment. And no person, neither I nor brother nor sister nor any person at all acting in my name, shall be able to proceed against the holy monastery concerning these animals of those (persons) whom I give; anyone who shall [attempt it] shall have no authority to prevail at that time, and he shall pay a penalty of 4 solidi (holokottinoi), and he shall be estranged from the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. For your security, therefore, I have drawn up this deed of gift; it is secure and valid in every place where it shall be produced. It was asked of me and I acknowledged. † Year (indiction) 31 (?), Paope 14. † I, Markos son of the late Makare, consent to this deed of gift as it is written. † † I, Psmotos son of the late Kometos, am witness. † † I, Makarios son of the late Kosma, and Pesynthios son of the late Makare, consent to this document as it is written. I, Pros son of Apa Kyriakos (?), […] wrote for them, since they do not know letters, and I am witness. † † I, Kellistine (?) son of the late Kosma, consent to the document as it is written. I, Pesynthe son of Joseph, wrote for him, and I am witness. † † Written by me, Petros son of Antonios, scribe from Memnonia. †

The word rendered 'animals' (tbnooue) suggests the gift was livestock, possibly the donation of a child is not involved here. The dating 'year 31' is irregular for an indiction and may be a misreading or scribal error.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verschenkung). 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 · 749 - 771 · Theben

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