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Title Loan promise
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 2420
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On brown ribbed pottery
Lines On recto: 13 lines in Coptic
Recto/Verso Source of description: On recto: loan document
Origin Thebes
More from Thebes
Language Coptic
Date VIIth - VIIIth century A.D.
More from the period between 600 CE and 799 CE
Note (general) Number 50 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Measurements not available. The phrase ''in holon katharon'' in line 2 recurs in MH 2408/2423, but in such a faulty form that one may doubt whether the writer knew its meaning. It may be a translation of the Greek phrase ''katharon apo pantos,'' which describes the purity of wheat. The measure ''shokas'' in line 3 does not occur elsewhere. Lichtheim believed that Abraham, son of Atheris, was the lashane, and that Coptic ostraca contain eponymic dates after the lashane, hence her translation of nahrn as ''under'' in line 9. For field reference, see Hoelscher OIP 21, pl. 32. All ostraca in this volume were on loan from the Egyptian government and had been returned to Egypt by the time of publication.
Note (general) Location: Oriental Institute
Note (general) Pub. status: Published: recto
Subjects Loan; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Pses, son of Lase; Koloje; Isaac, son of Paul; Abraham, son of Atheris; Matthew, son of Shai; Mark, son of Samuel
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 2420, recto: (1) Pses, son of Lase, (2) writes, he owes to Koloje, completely pure, (3) one shokas of wheat, and I shall give it to you (4) in Paone together with its interest, which is two (5) maje to the artaba, without any objection. (6) I, Pses, son of Lase, assent to this sherd. (7) I, Isaac, son of Paul, was requested and (8) wrote with my hand, and I am witness. (9) I wrote on the twenty-fifth of Paone, under (10) Abraham, son of Atheris. (11) Matthew, son of Shai, witness. (12) Mark, son of Samuel, (13) witness.