Fragment of a contract
Fragments of a contract (eggraphos homologia) drawn up by Kyros (nomikos). Signatures of witnesses, but only the name of Ioannes son of Charisios is preserved. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36735
Fragment of a contract mentioning apa Apollos and the monastery of abba Enoch TM 36735unknownVith Century AD
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragments of a written agreement drawn up by the notary Kyros, mentioning apa Apollos as syndikos, Alexandria and the monastery of the holy abba Enoch. Part of the Dioskoros archive, it dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
[… 2 lines lost …]
[…] of the aforementioned apa Apollos, likewise syndikos […]
[…] of Alexandria, so that
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] monastery of the holy abba Enoch the scribe (?) of the […]
written agreement
through me, Kyros, notary
[…] John son of Charisios
A syndikos was a legal representative or advocate of a community or institution. The word read as 'scribe' (grammateou) is irregularly spelled and its sense is uncertain; the archive is usually associated with Aphrodito, though the provenance of this piece is not recorded.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d’un contrat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.masp.2.67234
[… 2 lines lost …] […]τοῦ εἰρημένου ἄπα Ἀπολλῶτος συνδίκου ὁμοίως […] […] Ἀλεξανδρείας ὥστε [… 1 line lost …] […]μοναστήριον τοῦ ἁγίου ἀββᾶ Ἐνὼχ τοῦ γραμματεου τῆς[…] ἔγγραφος ὁμολογία διʼ ἐμοῦ Κύρου νομικοῦ […]Ἰωάννης Χαρισίου