End of a compromise agreement with witness subscriptions TM 37012ArsinoitesVI - VII

The end of a compromise agreement (settlement of a dispute by arbitration), mentioning a penalty or sum of twenty gold solidi, followed by the parties' statements of consent, the signatures of witnesses including the subdeacon Kosmas, and the notary Menas' completion note. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 6th or 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

A kompromisson was a formal agreement by which parties submitted a dispute to arbitration, often with a penalty clause. The notary's closing line is written in Greek in Latin letters, a common practice in Byzantine documents.

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.