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Title Loan promise
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 992
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On brown ribbed pottery
Lines On recto: 20 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 61 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. It is uncertain if ''Holy Mary'' in line 5 is a place name or the name of a church. For ''given'' in line 8, the scribe wrote ''ji'' instead of ''ti.'' The translation of the phrase ''pshar etneu ebol'' in line 12 is uncertain. The phrase occurs again in MH 1402 (number 132 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication). 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 Holy Mary(?); Jeme; Loan; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Kosma, son of the late Isaac; Peter, son of Ananias; Joseph; Severus, the deacon; Pgol
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 992, recto: (1) In the name (2) of the holy and life-giving consubstantial (3) Trinity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, (4) I, Kosma, son of the late Isaac, (5) in the Holy Mary, write to Peter, son (6) of Ananias, in the castrum of Jeme, (7) saying: Seeing that you have obliged me and have (8) given three gold solidi to me for my need-- (9) total, 3 solidi--now, by the will of (10) God, I am prepared to give them (11) to you in the month of Paone in wheat (12) at the price which shall then prevail, and their (13) interest, which is half an aroura of (14) land which I shall sow for you in flax. (15) For your assurance, then, I have written this undertaking (16) for you. It is confirmed and valid, (17) and I assent to it. Written on Thoth (18) 8, indiction 12. I, Joseph, wrote. (19) I, Severus, the deacon, am witness. (20) I, Pgol, the humblest...