A copy from the Tebtynis record office of an acknowledgment of debt dated 24 October 138. Kronion, who had managed the property of Diogenis, acknowledges owing her over 1,000 drachmas from his accounts and promises repayment with interest by Pachon; if he fails, he must work for her as a servant in lieu of the debt (paramone), or she may seize his person and property.
In English machine translation
From the contract-copying register of the record office of the village of Tebtynis.
Year 2 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 27. Kronion son of Kronion, grandson of Cheos, from the village of Tebtynis, Persian of the Epigone, about 54 years old, with a scar on the left hand, acknowledges to Diogenis daughter of Lysimachos also called Louppos, about 45 years old, with a scar on the left eyebrow, acting with her guardian, her relative Didymos son of Eutychos, about […] years old, with a scar on the right hand, that he, the acknowledging party Kronion, is obliged to repay to Diogenis the sum which both parties declare remains owing by Kronion himself from the account of the management he carried out of her property during the time of his charge, up to and including year 21 of the deified Hadrian, 1,[…] silver drachmas, together with interest at one drachma per mina per month from the present month, in the month of Pachon of the present year 2, without any delay or evasion. If Kronion does not repay as written and not otherwise, he is obliged to remain with Diogenis, serving her and doing everything ordered of him in the country and in the village, in place of the interest and of the 1,[…] drachmas, being fed and clothed by Diogenis, who will pay the public poll taxes on his behalf. And if Diogenis does not wish this, she shall have the right of execution for the principal and interest against Kronion himself and against all his property.
Written for him by Hippalos son of Chrates.
The exact sum is lost after 'thousand'. The service clause is a form of paramone, where a debtor's labour replaces interest and repayment.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contratto di impegno di restituzione). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.