Loan 325 AD
Loan of wheat to Tamaleis by one Eutropius son of Archias through his agent; the loan is to be repaid in produce
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A loan contract in which Aurelia Tamaleis of Karanis acknowledges receiving 38 1/2 artabas of wheat, including the customary 50 percent surcharge, from Eutropius son of Archias of Arsinoe through his steward Poeris. She promises to repay in new wheat from the next harvest in the month of Pauni; the document was written for her by Chaereas because she was illiterate.
The 'hemiolia' is a 50 percent addition built into the sum to be repaid, effectively the interest on the loan. The four-choinix measure is a standard grain measure named in the contract.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Wheat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Loan of wheat to Tamaleis by one Eutropius son of Archias through his agent; the loan is to be repaid in produce
[r] ὁμολογεῖ Αὐρηλία Ταμάλεις Ἁτρῆς μητρὸς Ταπάειτος ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανείδος ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα οὐλὴ καρπῷ χειρὸς δεξιᾶς ἔχειν καὶ μεμετρῆσθαι παρὰ Εὐτροπείου Ἀρχεία τῆς Ἀρσινοιτῶν πόλεωςδιὰ Ποῆριος προνοητοῦ πυροῦ σὺν ἡμιολίᾳ ἀρτάβας λη 𐅵 ἅσπερ ἐπάναγκον ἀποδώσιν αὐτὴν δὲ τὴν ὁμολογ…
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