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Title Transfer of a security
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 2409 and O. MedinHabuCopt 2410 and O. MedinHabuCopt 3431
Support/Dimensions ostraca ;
Condition On brown ribbed pottery with traces of black pitch coating inside
Lines On recto: 24 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 72 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. Koloje, daughter of Phello, mentioned in lines 3 and 4, is probably the same person mentioned in MH 2419 (#73 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication). 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 Petemout; Jeme; Receipt; Security; Documentary; ostraca
Associated Names Mariam, daughter of Pebo; Kouloje, daughter of Phello
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 2409, MH 2410 and MH 3431, recto: (1) I, Mariam, daughter of (2) Pebo, the woman of Petemout, write (3) to Kouloje, daughter of Phello, the woman of (4) Jeme, saying: Seeing that I deposited the (5) chain with you for two solidi, (6) now, behold, I declare (7) on this day, which is the fourteenth day (8) of the month of Epeph, that I have no [means] of proceeding (9) against you on its account, ever, (10) neither I, nor any heir (11) of mine, nor any man (12) acting as my representative. (13) Whosoever shall desire, from today (14) until any time (15) to come, to proceed against you (16) concerning the chain, shall give four (17) solidi as fine and shall (18) come in and comply with (19) this release. I, (20) Mariam, daughter of (21) Pebo, assent (22) to this (23) release.