Contract in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 487 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Contract, [7--]
Author: Severus (From Egypt), 8th cent.
Subject: Oaths --Egypt --640-1250.
	Witnesses --Egypt --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Contracts --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 13 x 18
	cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 12.3 x 18.0 cm.
	11 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; written along
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 1.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 487 R was formerly P.Miss. 53 R.
	Papyrus contract from Egypt made by Severus with the
	son of the deceased Serenus. Severus swears by God
	Almighty. The signature is in the form of a cross.
	Witnesses are Kyrillos and David. Verso has a
	documentary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 487 V).
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository. 

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