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Settlement renouncing claims over two men donated to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon TM 86022Theben

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End of a settlement document from Jeme (Thebes) in which a party declares he has come to terms with the other side and will not sue over two men who had been donated to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon, under penalty of 24 solidi a year. Witnesses Kosmas and Demetrios sign, and Basil son of Senouthios writes for them.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] the kastron of Jeme, that: Behold, I have settled with you, and neither I nor anyone [else] will bring action against you concerning two men who are ours, whom we donated to the holy place (topos) of Apa Phoibammon. I have accepted and been satisfied by you [in this] year, and I will not bring action against you, under penalty of 24 holokottinoi (solidi) every year. The custom by which we settled with each other, however, is a remainder of one keration lacking (?), being binding. Therefore I have drawn up this binding document for you, and I agree to it. † We, Kosmas son of Petros and Demetrios son of Stratikios, are witnesses. Basil son of Senouthios, I wrote for them. I am witness. †

The donation of persons (child donations) to the monastery of Apa Phoibammon is well attested in Theban Coptic documents. The clause about the 'custom' and a keration is obscure and its translation is tentative.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Auseinandersetzung in Betreff einer Schenkung). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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