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Acknowledgment of repayment of a wheat loan TM 11204Philadelphia (Arsinoites)13. Juni 71

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A notarial acknowledgment from Philadelphia in the Fayum, dated 13 June AD 71, in which Nekpheros son of Petesouchos declares that Herakleides son of Dioskoros has repaid in full a loan of wheat made in Nero's 13th year. Nekpheros renounces all further claims and returns the loan document for cancellation.

In English machine translation

Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, on the 19th of the month Loios, [Pauni] 19, at Philadelphia in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Nekpheros son of Petesouchos, about 40 years old, [with a scar] on the right forearm, acknowledges to Herakleides son of Dioskoros, [about] 35 years old, with a scar on a finger […] of the left hand, that he, the acknowledging party, has received from him in full the […] artabas of wheat which he lent him under a loan agreement drawn up through the same record office in the 13th year [of Nero], in the month Kaisareios, on the 3rd of the epagomenal days, and that Nekpheros, the acknowledging party, will not proceed against Herakleides or against those acting for him concerning any [debt] or concerning any other [matter] whatsoever, written or unwritten, from past times up to the present day, nor does he bring or will he bring any charge in any way; and that he has returned to Herakleides the security of the loan for cancellation and annulment. If the acknowledging party [transgresses] any of these terms, let him pay forthwith [the damages] and the expenses and […] The signatories for the acknowledging party: […]xios, about 50 years old, [with a scar] on the wrist of the left hand; [for Herakleides,] Herakles son of Nem[…], [about … years old,] lame in the right […]. [I, Nekpheros son of Pete]souchos, acknowledge that I [have received from Herakleides] son of Dioskoros [the artabas of wheat] […] in full [and that I will not proceed, as] written above. […] ⟦Registered through the record office at Philadelphia⟧

Oddly, the lender Nekpheros is the acknowledging party who received repayment from Herakleides. The final registration note was deleted by the scribe.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Repayment of a Loan). 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.freib.4.55

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 13. Juni 71 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ἔτους τρίτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Λωείου ἐννεακαιδεκάτῃ Παῦνι ἐννεακαιδεκάτῃ ἐν Φιλαδελφίᾳ τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοειτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Νεκφερῶς Πετεσούχου ὡς ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα οὐλὴ πήχει δεξιῶι Ἡρακλείδῃ Διοσκόρου ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα πέντε οὐ…