Loan of money
Loan of 240 drachmae from Patron to Cronion.
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Loan of 240 silver drachmas from Patron to Kronion TM 11191FayumA.D. 47
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A loan contract from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum) dated 11 April AD 47, in which Patron son of Soterichos lends 240 silver drachmas to Kronion son of Hareotes at 1 drachma per mina monthly interest, repayable in Phamenoth of the following year. The end of the text, with penalties and the borrower's subscription, is damaged.
In English machine translation
Year 7 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Imperator, month Daisios 16, Pharmouthi 16, at […]siris of the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome.
Patron son of Soterichos, aged about […] six, with a scar on the first finger of the left hand, has lent to Kronion son of Hareotes, grandson of Tiseinis, Persian of the Epigone, aged about […] five, with a scar on the second finger of the […] hand, a capital sum of 240 drachmas of coined silver, which Kronion the borrower has received from Patron immediately, by hand, out of his house, at interest of 1 drachma per mina each month. And let Kronion the borrower repay this loan, the 240 drachmas of silver capital and the interest, to Patron in the month of Phamenoth of the coming eighth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Imperator. If he does not repay as written, let Kronion the borrower forfeit […] immediately the […], Patron having the right of execution upon Kronion and upon all his property […].
(2nd hand) Kronion son of Hareotes, Persian of the Epigone, […]
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'Persian of the Epigone' was a legal status designation, largely fictitious by the Roman period, often used of borrowers. The interest of 1 drachma per mina monthly equals 12% per year, the standard rate.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prêt d’argent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.fouad.1.47
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