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A Coptic agreement from Thebes in which Philemon son of Ioseph, writing to a son of Athanasios, pledges a plot of land outside his door, bought from that man, as security for a solidus, and declares any challenge invalid. It is signed by Philemon and witnessed by Elias son of Zacharias, another witness, and the presbyter Senouthios.
The Coptic phrasing is difficult in places, and the name of the addressee and the verb rendered 'placed' are uncertain. A solidus (holokottinos) was a gold coin of the Byzantine period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Übereinkommen in Betreff eines gekauften Grundstücks). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲉ ⲧⲱⲃⲉ ⲕⲁ ἰνδικτιών ἐνδέκατος ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲫⲉⲗⲏⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡμακάριος ⲉⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲣⲉⲙ ⲛϩⲟⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲉ ϫⲉ ϩⲁ ⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲧἀσφάλεια ⲛⲡὁλοκόττινος ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲥⲙⲉⲛⲧⲉⲥ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲓⲡⲟϩ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲁⲃⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲉ ⲛἐνέχυρον ⲉⲥ ϩⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲗⲁⲩⲉ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲙⲙⲏ ϩⲁⲣⲁⲥ ⲧⲱⲗⲟⲙⲟⲩ εἴτε ⲁⲛⲟⲕ εἴτε ⲗⲁⲩⲉ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ὅλω…
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