Loan 327 AD
Loan for 8 artabas of wheat received by Sarapion; it was supposed to be repaid in kind
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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.
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 for 8 artabas of wheat received by Sarapion; it was supposed to be repaid in kind
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…
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