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Title Loan promise
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 2428
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On brown ribbed pottery with black pitch coating inside
Lines On recto: 19 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 54 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. The name ''Pegosh'' has been inserted above line 5 instead of above line 4, where it should have been placed. 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 Roma; Jeme; Ermont; Loan; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Tagape, daughter of Pmai; Manasseh, son of Pegosh; son of Jacob; son of Pbelle; Samuel
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 2428, recto: (1) I, Tagape, daughter of Pmai, (2) who lives in Roma (3) in(?) Jeme, writes to Manasseh, son of Pegosh, (4) who lives in Jeme, (5) district of Ermont, in (6) the same nome. I owe (7) you one artaba of wheat (8) and one ment to the artaba, and (9) one oipe of sesame, and (10)...maje as interest. These (11) I am prepared to give (12) you in the coming Paone...(13) son of Jacob, (14) [wrote this] sherd on (15) the...of Epep (16) ...son of Pbelle, (17) [I am] witness. (18) Samuel (19) ...I am witness...