Acknowledgement of a loan of 112 drachmas at interest TM 11468Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)13. Okt. 163

A private loan agreement (cheirographon) in which Deios son of Herophilos, of the Gymnasium quarter, acknowledges receiving 112 silver drachmas from Paulinus at 1% monthly interest, repayable in Phamenoth of the same year. It was written at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome on 13 October 163 AD; a first column survives only in traces.

In English machine translation

Interest of one drachma per mina per month equals 12% a year, the standard rate. A cheirographon is a private agreement written in letter form, here drawn up in two copies.

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