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p.adl.G4 10. Febr. 109 v.Chr.Ptolemais (Oberägypten)
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Acknowledgement of an interest-free loan of bronze talents to Horos. A handwritten acknowledgement of debt in which Psemminis declares he owes Horos son of Nechoutes 3 talents of bronze, interest free, the balance still due under a contract concerning Horos' daughter Taisis, and promises repayment by Pachon 30 of year 9, with a double penalty if late. A scribe wrote it for him because he was illiterate; it was drawn up at Ptolemais in Upper Egypt in February 109 BC. machine translation
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- Cheirographon of Loan HGV-meta Ptolemais (Oberägypten)10. Febr. 109 v.Chr.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Ψεμμῖνις[…]ου
Ὥρωι Νεχούτου χαίρειν.
ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν παρὰ σοῦ
χαλκοῦ νομίσματος τάλαντα τρῖα ἄτοκα ?. ταῦτα δέ
ἐστιν ἃ προσωφείλετό
σοι πρὸς τὴν συνγραφὴν
Ταΐσεως τῆς θυγατρός
σου, ἃ καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι
ἕως Παχὼν λ τοῦ θ ἔτους
ἄνευ κρίσεως καὶ δίκης·
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶ σοι
ἕως τοῦ ἀφωρισμένου χρόνου
ἀποτίσω σοι τὰ προγεγραμμένα διπλᾶ ἐπάναγκον
εἶναι δέ σοι τὴν πρᾶξιν
ἔκ τε ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν
ὑπαρχόντων μοι πάντων
πράσσοντι καθάπερ
ἐκ δίκης. ἔγραψεν ὑπὲρ
τοῦ Ψεμμίνιος Διονύσιος
Ἀρχεδήμου Βερενικεὺς
ἀξιωθεὶς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ
μὴ εἰδέναι γράμματα.
ἔτους η Τῦβι κδ.Translations (1)
Psemminis son of […]ou
to Horos son of Nechoutes, greeting.
I acknowledge that I have from you
3 talents of bronze money, without interest. These are what was still owed
to you in connection with the contract
of Taisis your daughter, which I will also repay to you
by Pachon 30 of year 9
without judgment or lawsuit. If I do not repay you
by the appointed time,
I will pay you the aforesaid sums double, as a matter of compulsion,
and you shall have the right of execution
upon me and upon all my property,
exacting payment as if by a court judgment.
Dionysios son of Archedemos, of Berenike, wrote on behalf of Psemminis,
at his request, because he does not know letters.
Year 8, Tybi 24.
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Ptolemais (Oberägypten)
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