E01145: Coptic acknowledgement of a financial debt to the oratory of *John (presumably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042) in Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), possibly due to a pledge by the deceased mother of the debtor; written in the 8th century.

CPR 4 78:

The papyrus is too fragmentary to allow any solid conclusions on the nature of the debt. The amount mentioned is a tremis, that is a third of a gold coin, which seems to have been promised as a donation by the deceased mother of the debtor of the document, who is a man from Hermopolis. The document is addressed to the presbyter and provost of the oratory, a man named Apa Theodore.

CPR 4 78,1–3:

[ -ca.?- ⲡⲣⲱ]ⲙⲉ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲉⲩⲕⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲉⲡⲇ  ̣  ̣  ̣ⲉⲩ
[ -ca.?- ] ϩ̣ⲓ[ⲧ]ⲟⲟⲧⲕ̣ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲉ[ⲟ]ⲇⲱⲣⲉ ⲡⲑⲉⲟⲫⲓⲗ(ⲉⲥ)ⲧ(ⲁⲧⲟⲥ) ⲛⲡⲣⲉ(ⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ)
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡ̣ⲉⲡ̣ⲣ̣  ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ⲕⲁⲑⲁ̣ⲣⲱ̣ⲥ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲁⲡⲟⲕⲣⲟⲧⲱⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲣⲓⲙⲉⲥⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲟ̣ⲩⲱ  ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]  ̣  ̣ ⲛⲧⲙⲁⲕ(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲁⲙⲁⲁⲩ γί(νεται) νο(μίσματος) γ´ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣
ⲧⲁⲥ̣ⲧⲁⲁⲃ   ̣  ̣ⲧⲛ   ̣[ -ca.?- ]

'[… the inhabitant] of Hermopolis. I am writing to the oratory (eukterion) of saint John … […] represented by you, Apa Theodore, the God-loving presbyter and proestos (?) […] clearly and without fail a gold tremis, this one which I have already […] from my mother, the blessed Maria. Makes total 1/3 of a gold coin (nomisma). This one which she donated to you […].'

Translation: Gesa Schenke.

A full record of the text is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;78