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Novation of a loan of 500 drachmas from Athenion to the officer Bilos. A Greek loan contract converting an earlier debt into a new loan: the woman Athenion, daughter of Dorion, lends 500 silver drachmas at 2% monthly interest to Bilos, a Macedonian company commander, replacing a previous contract. It dates to year 29 of Ptolemy II (256 BC), probably from the Herakleopolite nome, and lists a guarantor and military witnesses. machine translation

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[r] βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου Σωτῆρος ἔτους ἐνάτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ, ἐφ’ ἱερέως Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Κέββα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν, κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Δημοδίκης τῆς Φίλωνος, μηνὸς Περιτίου. ἐδάνεισεν Ἀθήνιον Δωρίωνος, Περσίνη, μετὰ κυρίου Ἀριστοκράτους, Ἠλείου τῶν Πλειστάρχου διμοιρίτου, Βίλωι, Μακεδόνι τῶν Πλειστάρχου λοχαγῶι, ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς πεντακοσίας τόκου τὴν μνᾶν ἑκάστην τὸν μῆνα ἕκαστον δραχμῶν δύο. τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶν τὸ ἀργύριον, ὃ ὤφειλεν Βίλος Ἀθηνίωι κατ’ ἄλλην συγγραφήν, ἣν ἀνείλετο αὐτῶι ταύτης σφραγισθείσης. τὸν δὲ τόκον ἀποδιδότω Βίλος Ἀθηνίωι κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον, τὸ δὲ δάνειον ἀποδότω ἐν ἡμέραις δέκα ἀφ’ ἧς ἂν ἡμέρας Ἀθήνιον Βίλωι προείπηι. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶι κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα, ἀποτεισάτω Βίλος Ἀθηνίωι τὸ μὲν δάνειον ἡμιόλιον, τὸν δὲ τόκον ἁπλοῦν. […] καὶ ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω Ἀθηνίωι κατὰ τὸ διάγραμμα. κύριος δ’ ἔστω καὶ ἄλλος ὑπὲρ Ἀθηνίου πράσσων κατὰ ταὐτά. ἔγγυος τοῦ δανείου εἰς ἔκτισιν […] -δημος Μακεδὼν τῶν Κρατέρου ἰδιώτης. μάρτυρες […] Μακεδὼν τοῦ ἀρχαίου ἀγήματος ἰδιώτης, […] Ἰάσων Μενίσκου Κυρηναῖος, Τίμων Ἡρακλείδου Ἡρακλεώτης, […]ος Ἀντέου Ἰλλύριος […]… [v] […] vac. Τίμωνος […] Τιμοκράτους vac. […]…[…] […] …ευτίου vac. Ἰάσονος

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[recto] In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy Soter, year twenty-nine, in the priesthood of Antiochos son of Kebbas, priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods, when the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos was Demodike daughter of Philon, in the month of Peritios. Athenion daughter of Dorion, Persian woman, with her guardian Aristokrates, Eleian, of Pleistarchos' troop, double-pay soldier, has lent to Bilos, Macedonian, of Pleistarchos' troop, company commander, 500 silver drachmas at interest of 2 drachmas per mina for each month. This is the money which Bilos owed to Athenion under another contract, which she withdrew for him when this one was sealed. Bilos shall pay the interest to Athenion every month, and shall repay the loan within ten days from whatever day Athenion gives notice to Bilos. If he does not repay according to what is written, Bilos shall pay Athenion the loan increased by half, and the interest single. […] and Athenion shall have the right of execution according to the ordinance. Anyone else acting on behalf of Athenion shall also have authority to exact payment in the same way. Guarantor of the loan for payment: […]-demos, Macedonian, of Krateros' troop, private soldier. Witnesses: […], Macedonian, of the old agema, private soldier, […] Iason son of Meniskos, Cyrenaean, Timon son of Herakleides, Herakleote, […]os son of Anteas, Illyrian, […] [verso] […] of Timon […] of Timokrates […] […] of […]eutios; of Iason

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