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
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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