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Witness subscriptions to a settlement agreement with Iustine and Sible TM 39842Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

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Witness subscriptions from a Coptic settlement agreement (dialysis) recording that a sum of gold solidi was paid into the hands of two women, Iustine and Sible, who declare they have no further claim. Witnesses include the presbyter Apa Kyros, Petros and Moses son of Ioannes, and the document was drawn up by the notary Theodoros at Aphrodito in the 8th century.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1] […] agreement (homologia) in her favour, and I am witness that […] […] in the hands of Iustine and Sible, who are not in want of anything […] […] I am witness […] [Fragment 2] […] I was asked and I wrote […] […] I am witness […] […] that the 12 (?) gold solidi came into the hands of Sible, [who are not in want of] anything. Apa Kyros, by the will of God the most humble presbyter, […] since he does not know letters. † I, Petros son of the late […] […] I am witness […] […] in his (?) hands, to Iustine and Sible, who are not in want of anything […] […] of the late […] I am witness to the agreement in her favour. † […] not [in want of] anything. † […] that the 12 (?) […] […] and Sible, who are not in want of anything. † […] I am witness to the settlement agreement in favour of […] […] 12 (?) gold solidi came into the hands of Iustine and Sible […] [… † I], Moses son of the late Ioannes […] […] in her favour, and I am witness that the 12 (?) […] […] who are not in want of anything […] […] for him, since he does not know letters. † […] settlement agreement […] […] gold came into your hands in full (?) […] [Through me, Theodo]ros, with God, notary. † † †

Only the witness clauses and notary's signature survive; the number of solidi (read here as 12 from the Coptic 'ⲙⲛⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ'-type abbreviation 'ⲡⲓⲧⲁⲓⲟⲩ') is uncertain. The phrase 'not in want of anything' expresses that the recipients have been fully satisfied.

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.

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