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Guarantees for the farmer Psaios son of Apollos TM 36832Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)Mitte VI

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End of a contract from Aphrodito in the mid-6th century AD in which several men act as guarantors for a farmer, Psaios son of Apollos, each pledging 2 gold solidi and swearing the divine oath. Because the guarantors were illiterate, scribes Flavius Pneis and Aurelius Enoch signed on their behalf.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] [pledged to you], for the payment of the penalty, if [you should find them] so [to be, all our present and] future property, movable [and immovable and self-moving, generally and specifically], by way of pledge and by [right of mortgage, with our subscription as above. And to] all the written terms, having been asked the formal question, we have agreed […]. † We, the Aurelii Makarios […], and […] his full brother […], [stand surety for the] aforementioned Psaios son of Apollos, farmer, for 2 [gold solidi each], and we have sworn the divine oath and […] as above. I, Flavius Pneis son of Iosephios, having been asked, [wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters]. We, the Aurelii Jeremias son of Apollos, son of Pathelpe(?), [and] […]this son of […] ⟦Roup⟧ ⟦stand surety⟧ for the aforementioned Psaios son of Apollos, [farmer, for] 2 [gold] solidi each, and we have sworn [the divine oath as above. †] I, [Aurelius] Enoch son of Herakleios, having been asked, wrote [on their behalf, as they do not know] letters.

The beginning of the contract is lost, so the obligation guaranteed is unknown; the surviving part is the general pledge clause and the guarantors' subscriptions. 'Self-moving' property refers to slaves and livestock.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte VI · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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