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Loan of 5 artabas of wheat by two villagers of Philadelphia TM 10702Philadelphia (?) (Arsinoites)222 - 235

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A contract of loan in which two villagers of Philadelphia, Aionis son of Pasis and a son of Sabinus, acknowledge borrowing 5 artabas of wheat from Aurelius Ptolemaios, to be repaid jointly in Pauni of the same year. If they default they owe half again or the highest market price; a scribe signed for them because they were illiterate.

In English machine translation

Year […] of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Pharmouthi […], […]. The Aurelii Aionis son of Pasis, his mother being A[…], aged about 32, with a scar on the chin, and […] son of Sabinus, his mother being De[…], aged about […]-eight, with a scar on the right eyebrow, both from the village of Philadelphia, acknowledge to Aurelius Ptolemaios […] of the city […] that they, the acknowledging parties, have received from him by measure, on mutual security, as a loan in kind, 5 artabas of wheat, which they shall necessarily repay in full, likewise on mutual security, in the month of Pauni of the current year, in the aforesaid village, by the four-choinix measure, the dromos measure. If they do not repay the 5 artabas of wheat within the appointed time, they shall pay them with the addition of one half, or else the highest price that wheat will fetch, without delay, Aurelius Ptolemaios having the right of execution upon them jointly and upon any one of them he chooses, and upon all their property, as if by a court judgment. Having been asked whether these things have been done thus rightly and properly, they acknowledged it. I, […], wrote on their behalf, since they say they do not know letters. [fragment] […] […] […]

The 'hemiolia' is the standard penalty of an extra 50 percent for late repayment. The 'dromos' measure was a standard local grain measure of four choinikes.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prêt de blé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 222 - 235 · Philadelphia (?) (Arsinoites)

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