Fragments of a surety for the person of Herouoch TM 39820Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

Fragments of a Coptic surety document in which several men, including Apollo and Sire, stand guarantee for the person of a certain Herouoch, apparently under a penalty in gold. A scribe, Apa Kyros son of Andreas, signs in Greek on behalf of an illiterate party. It comes from Aphrodito in the 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

The Greek term prosopon here denotes personal surety, a guarantee that a person will appear or remain in place, common in 8th-century Aphrodito documents concerning fugitives and taxpayers. The name Herouoch is spelled variously in the fragments.

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.