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A Coptic loan agreement in which the monk Mena acknowledges receiving 6 gold solidi from his fellow monk George of the monastery of Apa Apollo, to use as working capital, and swears an oath to honour the agreement. It dates to the 8th century AD and comes from Bawit.
The Greek term aphorme means capital or a starting fund for business. The verso address, oddly for a contract, is phrased like a letter to Mena's 'beloved father', and its reading is partly uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehensvertrag unter Mönchen). 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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