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Acknowledgement of debt by a priest of Isis from Kerkeuris TM 11381Kerkeuris (Arsinoites)17. Jan. 120

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A handwritten acknowledgement of debt in which Menches, a priest of Isis from the village of Kerkeuris, admits owing 18 silver drachmas, arising from the price of wheat, to the heirs of Apollonios son of Asklepiades, and promises repayment by Pauni. It was written for him by Sarapion because he was illiterate, in January AD 120.

In English machine translation

Menches son of Menches, grandson of Litbes(?), of those from the village of Kerkeuris, priest of Isis […] the most great goddess, to the heirs of Apollonios son of Asklepiades, of the Neokosmian deme also called Zeneian, through Eudaimon, agent, greeting. I acknowledge that I have from you, from the price of wheat, 18 drachmas of silver of Augustan coinage, total 18 drachmas, which I will repay to you without any delay by the month of Pauni of the current fourth year of Hadrian Caesar the lord, the right of execution being yours and your representatives' against me and against all my property. This handwritten agreement is valid as if registered in a public office. I, Sarapion son of Anoubion, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Tybi 21.

The debt converts an unpaid price of wheat into a cash loan (a novation). Neokosmian and Zeneian are Alexandrian deme names indicating the heirs' citizen status.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehensschuldschein (Novation)). 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 · 17. Jan. 120 · Kerkeuris (Arsinoites)

Μενχῆς Μενχέως Λιτβήους τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Κερκεύρεως ἱερεὺς Ἴσιδος …ευρς…[…] θεᾶς μεγίστης κληρονόμοις Ἀπολλωνίου Ἀσκληπιάδου Νεοκοσμίοις τοῖς καὶ Ζηνείοις διὰ Εὐδαίμονος φροντιστοῦ χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν παρὰ σοῦ ἀπὸ τιμῆς πυροῦ ἀργυρίου Σεβαστοῦ νομίσματος δραχμὰς δεκαοκτώ γίνονται…