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Acknowledgement of a deposit of 2,000 drachmas paid through a bank TM 11680Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)29. Juni 124

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A contract of deposit drawn up at Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoe) in AD 124, in which Primos son of Sambas acknowledges receiving 2,000 silver drachmas from Herakleides son of Triadelphos through a bank. He must repay on demand or pay double under the law of deposits.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the eighth year of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, month Gorpiaios 5, [Epeiph 5], at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite [nome]. Primos son of Sambas son of Primos, Persian of the epigone, about 55 years old, with a scar on the left temple, acknowledges to Herakleides son of Triadelphos son of Anoubion, enrolled in the deme Nilanabatios also called Althaieus, about 25 years old, with a scar on the right wrist, that he, the acknowledging party Primos, has received from him through the bank of Dionysios also called Chairemon at the Sacred Gate 2,000 drachmas of silver as a deposit, free of all risk and not subject to any deduction. The […] 2,000 silver drachmas of the deposit the acknowledging party [Primos] shall of necessity repay to Herakleides whenever Herakleides himself chooses, without lawsuit or judgment and without any delay or evasion. If he does not repay as written, let him pay Herakleides the deposit doubled, according to the law of deposits, Herakleides having the right of execution upon Primos and upon all his property, as if by a court judgment. Subscriber for Primos, who writes slowly: Didas son of Ptolemaios, about 37 years old, with a scar on the right cheek. [verso] Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus. (Record) office.

Such 'deposits' (parathēkē) often concealed interest-free or disguised loans, since the double penalty under the law of deposits gave the creditor strong protection. 'Persian of the epigone' was a legal status designation, not an ethnic origin.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 29. Juni 124 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · 29. Juni 124 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)