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The closing part of a loan contract secured by a mortgage, in which Apa Dios son of Abraamios and his wife Eudaimonis acknowledge the security they have given. A physician named Pheu writes for the illiterate Apa Dios, and two priests sign as witnesses, followed by the notary's subscription. The text comes from the Apollonos Ano archive (Edfu) of the late Byzantine or early Arab period.
The phrase rendered 'consolatory (?) mortgage security' (parakletike hypothekimaia asphaleia) is a late formula for a security document given in a mortgage; the precise sense of parakletike is debated. The body of the contract is lost; only the subscriptions survive.
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 sur hypothèque). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] † Ἄπα Δῖος υἱὸς Ἀβρααμίου καὶ ἡ τούτου σύμβιος Εὐδαιμονὶς πεποιήμεθα τὴν παροῦσαν παρακλητικὴν ὑποθηκιμαίαν ἀσφάλειαν καὶ στοιχεῖ ἡμῖν ὡς πρόκειται † Φῆϋ Παπνουθίου ἰατρὸς αἰτηθεὶς ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ ἐπισταμένου καὶ μαρτυρῶ † † Ἄπα Δῖος Βίκτορος ἐλάχ…
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