Loan 372 AD
Loan of 3.600 talents of Augustan silver coinage to be repaid in kind; the borrower is Tetoueis and the lender Venaphrios
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A loan agreement in which Aurelia Titoueis of Karanis acknowledges receiving 3,600 talents of silver from Aurelius Ouenaphris of Arsinoe as the advance price of 6 artabas of barley, to be delivered in Pauni of the following 2nd indiction. Since she was illiterate, Aurelius Petros signed for her.
This is a sale on delivery: money paid now for barley to be supplied after the harvest, functioning as a loan repaid in kind. The huge sum in talents reflects the severe inflation of the 4th-century currency.
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 Money). 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 3.600 talents of Augustan silver coinage to be repaid in kind; the borrower is Tetoueis and the lender Venaphrios
[r] ὑπατείας Δομιτίου Μοδέστου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἐπάρχου τοῦ ἱεροῦ πραιτωρίου καὶ Φλαουίου Ἀρινθέου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου κόμητος καὶ μαγίστρου τῆς πεδικῆς δυνάμεως Χοίακ κα. Αὐρηλία Τιτούις Ἁτρῆ μητρὸς Ταπάιτος ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ Αὐρηλίῳ Οὐενάφρι Σαραπίωνος ἀπὸ τῆς…
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