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Title Loan promise
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 2625
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On reddish-brown pottery with reddish-brown slip
Lines On recto: 18 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 57 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. 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 Toulit, daughter of John; Maria, wife of Dioskoros
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 2625, recto: (1) In the name of the Father and the (2) Son and the Holy Ghost, (3) on this day, which is the eighth day (4) of Tobe, I, Toulit, (5) daughter of John, in (6) ...write to you, (7) Maria, wife of Dioskoros, (8) saying: Seeing that I asked (9) your husband, and you gave half a (10) tremis in loaves to me for my pressing need, now, (12) by the will of God, I am prepared (13) to pay it (14) to you in the coming Paone (15) without any dispute. (16) For your assurance, then, I have (17) drawn up this undertaking (18) for you, which is confirmed...