Fragmentary Coptic loan contract in which two or more monks of the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, among them Philotheos, acknowledge receiving three gold solidi from their fellow monk Samuel. They undertake to repay him at a set date, without recourse to court or dispute.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† […] and my brother Philotheos […] the monks
[of the monastery of Apa Apollo], we write to my brother Samuel […]
[the monk of the same monastery], since you have [given us] […]
[…] three gold solidi […]
[…] [by the will] of God we are [ready to give them]
[to you] […] the great (?) day 1 (?) of the year […]
[…] without judgment, without law, [without any dispute]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
[verso]
[…] † […]
The monastery name, the repayment phrase and the dispute clause are largely restored from standard formulas. The repayment date ("the great ... day 1 of the year") is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contrat de prêt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.