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Loan of 124 silver drachmas at interest from Dioskoros to Dionysios and Demetrous TM 10072Dionysias (Arsinoites)21. Juli 113

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A loan contract in which Dioskoros lends 124 silver drachmas at 1 percent monthly interest to Dionysios son of Phaesis and Demetrous daughter of Anchorimphis, who act as mutual sureties, repayable in Tybi of the following year. It was drawn up at Dionysias in the Arsinoite nome in July AD 113.

In English machine translation

In the 16th year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, month Gorpiaios 27, Epeiph 27, at Dionysias near the Copper Mines (?) of the division of Themistos of the Arsinoite nome. Dioskoros son of […], aged about […]-two, with a scar on the left shin, has lent to Dionysios son of Phaesis […] residing in the village of Philoteris […], Persian of the epigone, aged about 30, with a scar on the left knee, and […] Demetrous daughter of Anchorimphis, Persian woman, aged about 40, […] the two being mutual sureties for each other, with Demetrous' guardian […] son of […]eidon, aged about 25, with a scar on the right hand, for repayment, a capital sum of 124 drachmas of coined silver, which they have also received from him immediately, by hand, out of his house, at interest of 1 drachma per mina each month. And let the borrowers repay this loan, the 124 drachmas of coined silver capital, and the interest, to Dioskoros in the month of Tybi of the coming 17th year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, Dioskoros suffering no prejudice regarding whatever else Dionysios owes him. Dioskoros shall have the right of execution against the borrowers, and against whichever of them he chooses, and against all their property, as if by a court judgment. Writer for the borrowers: Hori[…]. […] Dionysios son of Phaesis, Persian of the epigone, […] Demetrous daughter of Anchorimphis, Persian woman, with guardian […] […] him […] […] […] 124 drachmas, interest at 1 drachma per mina each month, which we shall also repay […] […] […] since they do not know letters. I, Dioskoros son of […], have lent the 124 (?) drachmas of coined silver capital as stated above. […] Year 16 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus.

"Persian of the epigone" is a legal status designation of the Roman period, often used for debtors, with no exact English equivalent. The lender's subscription preserves only "[..]ty-four" drachmas, apparently a slip or misrestoration for 124.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contrat de prêt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 21. Juli 113 · Dionysias (Arsinoites)

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