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Title Sale of an ass
Citations
Inv. Id O. MedinHabuCopt 1090
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition On red pottery with a red slip
Lines On recto: 17 lines in Coptic; On verso: 3 lines in Coptic
Recto/Verso Source of description: On recto and verso: receipt
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 80 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 and verso
Subjects Sale; Receipt; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Phoebamon of Apa Victor; Victor, son of Simon
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 1090, recto: (1) In the name of God, (2) I, Phoebamon (3) of (the Church of) Apa Victor, (4) write to Victor, (5) son of the late (6) Simon, saying: Seeing (7) that I have sold an ass (8) to you, now, behold, (9) I have settled with you (10) concerning it, so that I shall not be able to proceed (11) against you concerning it, neither (12) I, nor any man...(13) Whosoever shall proceed [against you] (14) concerning it, that one shall have no profit (of it); (15) and he shall be a stranger to the (16) holy oath of (17) the Christians. MH 1090, verso: (1) The Father, the Son, (2) and the Holy Ghost.