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Arbitration agreement submitting a dispute to Agathos TM 997967Arsinoiton Polis (?)19. Okt. 659

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Fragmentary arbitration agreement (compromise) in which two or more men, including a son of Phoibammon and Menas from the Neilammon quarter, agree to submit their dispute to the judgment of the most illustrious Agathos, with a gold penalty for the party who refuses to accept his decision. It is dated 19 October 659, probably at Arsinoe in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

† In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, God and our Saviour, and of our Lady the holy Mother of God, and of all the saints, year 376 of Diocletian, Phaophi 21, third indiction. † Aurelii […], son of Phoibammon, and Menas […] from the quarter of Neilammon […] greetings. We agree […] before Agathos the most illustrious […] from the same city […] But if any one of us does not abide by his judgment, the party not abiding shall be liable to give to the party abiding, by way of penalty, […] gold solidi […] the compromise being valid, and having been asked the formal question we gave our assent. […] son of Phoibammon: it is satisfactory to me as aforesaid. […] it is satisfactory to us as aforesaid. […]

A kompromisson was a binding agreement to accept an arbitrator's verdict, backed by a penalty. Much of the left side is lost, so names and the subject of the dispute are missing.

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

bgu.21.2896r

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας θεοτόκου καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, ἔτους Διοκλητιανοῦ τοϛ, Φαῶφι κα, τρίτης ἰνδικτίωνος.† Αὐρήλιοι […] υἱὸς Φοιβάμμωνος καὶ Μηνᾶς […] ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Νειλάμμωνος […]… χαίρειν. ὁμ…