Loan of 100 artabas of beans by mutually guaranteeing villagers of Karanis TM 10429Karanis (Arsinoites)14. - 30. Apr. 308

Aurelius Ptolemaios son of Dioskoros, his mother being […]is, aged about 32, with a scar on the left shin, and Ptollas son of Sarapion, his mother being […], with a scar […] on the knee […], and Sabinus son of Leon[…] […] [and Herodianos] son of Alexander […] and Hol, his mother being M…la, aged about 31, with a scar on the eyebrow […] [and Melas] […] aged about 50, with a scar on the left shin, and Isidoros son of [Ptolemaios, his mother being] Herois, aged about 37, with a scar on the left shin, the five [from] the village [of Karanis], mutual sureties for payment, to Aurelius Achillas son of De[…], greetings. We acknowledge [that we have received from you] 100 artabas [of beans], which we shall of necessity repay in the month of Pauni in the aforementioned village by the four-choinix measure without delay; and upon demand you shall have the right of execution for what is owed against us or against whichever of us you choose, according to the law of mutual guarantee, and against all my property, as if [by a court judgment. And having been asked] we have agreed. In the consulship of our lord Diocletian, father of the emperors, for the [10th] time, and of Galerius Valerius Maximianus [Augustus for the 7th time], on the […] day before the Kalends of May. We, Aurelius Ptolemaios and Ptollas and Sabinus and Herodianos and Hol and Melas and Isidoros and the rest, acknowledge that we have received the 100 artabas of beans and will repay them at the appointed date as stated above, and having been asked we have agreed. I, Aurelius Demetrios son of Besarion, wrote on their behalf, as they state that they do not know letters.