Fragment of a Coptic acknowledgement or guarantee document TM 86038Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)Anfang VIII

Fragment of a Coptic legal agreement from Aphrodito, early 8th century AD, in which a group of people acknowledge obligations, apparently towards an official called the all-praised counsellor. It contains standard clauses of consent, an oath by the Almighty and the salvation of the rulers, and the formal question and acknowledgement, ending with a notary's subscription.

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Many Greek legal terms (homologia, katagraphe, stoichein) are embedded in the Coptic; the exact nature of the obligation is lost. The oath 'by the Almighty and the salvation of our lords' is typical of Aphrodito documents under Arab rule.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as keiner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.