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Title Loan promise
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 2416
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On brown ribbed pottery
Lines On recto: 14 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 60 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. Michaias, son of Enoch, named in this document is probably identical with the man named in MH 2403 (number 58 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication). Pekosh, son of Manasseh, named in this document, may be the ara of Jeme named in MH 2414 (number 59), as well as Pekosh, son of Kouloje, of MH 2403 (number 58). The witness John, son of Pesenthius, named here is probably the same witness as in MH 2414 (number 59). 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 Terkot; Ermont; Jeme; Loan; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Michaias, son of Enoch; Pekosh, son of Manasseh; Apa Dios, son of Paul; Dios, lashane of Jeme; John, son of Pesenthius; Patape, son of Plein
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 2416, recto: (1) I, Michaias, son of Enoch, who belongs to Terkot, (2) in the district of Ermont, write to Pekosh, son of Manasseh, (3) in Jeme, a castrum of Ermont, saying: By the will of God, (4) I owe you one gold solidus, full (weight) on your scales, and (5) this I am prepared to give you in Paone of the sixth (year) with (6) its interest, which is one artaba of sesame, without any dispute. (7) I, Michaias, son of Enoch, assent to this undertaking and everything (8) written therein. I, Apa Dios, son of Paul, the humblest (9) priest of the Church of Terkot, he asked me and I wrote (10) this undertaking; I wrote for him because he does not know (how to write), on the twentieth of Mechir, (11) under Dios, lashane of Jeme, and I am witness. (12) I, John, son of Pesenthius, am witness. (13) I, Patape, son of Plein, (14) am witness.