E04025: Coptic agreement from Jeme (Upper Egypt) settling a dispute over inheritance, listing among the witnesses a deacon of a local church dedicated to the *Apostles (S00084), as well as a deacon and a priest of the local church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033); dated 26 February 738.

P.KRU 38:

At the end of this settlement of dispute follows a list of witnesses, of which one is a a deacon of the church of the Apostle, while two other are clergymen of the church of Mary.

Lines 67–70 and 73–75 read as follows:

+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓ[ⲟⲥ] ⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟ(ⲛⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ϯⲟ ⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ
+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲛⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩ(ⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲛⲑⲉⲱⲇⲟⲕ(ⲟⲥ) ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ϯⲟ ⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ
+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕ(ⲟⲛⲟⲥ) ⲛⲑⲉⲱⲇⲟⲕ(ⲟⲥ) ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲓⲙⲁⲣⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲱ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲣⲏ

'I Papnouthios, the least deacon of the Apostle, I act as a witness.
I, Paulos, the least priest of the Mother of God Maria, I act as a witness.

I, Anastasios, the least deacon of the Mother of God, Maria, I have written for this witness and I act as a witness.'

(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)