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Loan of wheat to Aurelius Sarapion from a former strategos TM 10531Karanis (Arsinoites)327 CE

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A loan contract in which Aurelius Sarapion of Karanis acknowledges receiving 8 artabas of wheat from Antonius Sarapammon, a former strategos, through his steward Heras. He promises to repay in kind in the month of Pauni of the 16th indiction; a scribe signed for him since he was illiterate.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Sarapion, son of Patas, his mother being Tanouphis, from the village of Karanis, aged about 50, with a scar on his left hand, acknowledges to Antonius Sarapammon, former strategos, through Heras, steward, that he, the acknowledging party, has received and had measured out to him from him in kind 8 artabas of wheat, ⟨which⟩ the acknowledging party shall of necessity repay in the month of Pauni of the 16th indiction in the aforementioned village, by the four-choinix measure, the produce new, clean, unadulterated, satisfactory, without delay; and upon demand the right of execution shall be his against the acknowledging party and against all his property, as if by legal judgment; and having been asked the formal question, he acknowledged. In the consulship of Flavius Constantius and Valerius Maximus, the most illustrious prefects, Choiak 23. I, Aurelius Sarapion son of Patas, my mother being Tanouphis, have received the seven artabas of wheat, 8 measures (?), and I shall repay them at the appointed time as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Didymos son of Sotas, wrote also on his behalf, as he is illiterate.

The body states 8 artabas but the subscription reads 'seven artabas, 8 measures', an apparent inconsistency in the text. A loan due later in the agricultural year, often concealing interest, was a common form.

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 327 AD

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Col.inv. 181 (16) · 327 CE · Karanis (Arsinoites)

Loan for 8 artabas of wheat received by Sarapion; it was supposed to be repaid in kind

p.col.7.178

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 20. Dez. 327 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

ὁμολογεῖ Αὐρήλιος Σαραπίων Πατᾶ μητρὸς Τανούφεως ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος ὡς ἐτῶν ν οὐλὴ χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς Ἀντωνίῳ Σαραπάμμωνι ἀπὸ στρατηγιῶν διὰ Ἡρᾶ προνοητοῦ ἔχειν καὶ μεμετρῆσθαι παρʼ αὐτοῦ τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα ἐν γένει πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ‡2 ὀκτὼ ἅσπερ ἐπάναγκον ἀποδώσειν τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα μηνὶ…