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Title Loan with security
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 4451 and O. MedinHabuCopt 4480
Support/Dimensions ostraca ;
Condition On light red pottery with red slip
Lines On recto: 12 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 67 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. The phrase ''demosios logos'' in line 2 is, in Greek usage, the state treasury (fiscus) or the official in charge of it. It can also denote the local treasury of a township. In the Coptic documents from Aphrodito (PLond IV), it designates the Muslim governor of Egypt. In this text, the lacunae obscure the meaning. ''Hene,'' in line 3, is a word of unknown meaning that occurs in connection with clothing. 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; Security; Documentary; ostraca
Associated Names Athanasius, son of Papnoute; John, son of Isaac
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 4451 and MH 4480, recto: (1) ...need arose I requested... (2) ...---...I owe (3) you eight --- of sackcloth, and these I shall pay (4) to you on the 20th of Epep, first (year). (5) If it should happen that the appointed time passes (6) without my having paid them to you, it is you who are (7) the owner of my securities, so that I cannot seek (8) them from you, ever. (9) I, Athanasius, son of the late (10) Papnoute, am witness. (11) John, son of Isaac, I am witness. (12) I...