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Bank record of an interest-bearing loan of 524 drachmas to four borrowers TM 11830Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites, Ägypten)10. Sept. 141

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A bank record of a loan in which Doras alias Ninnos lends 524 silver drachmas at 1 percent monthly interest to four men, mostly from Soknopaiou Nesos, who stand as mutual sureties. The borrowers acknowledge the debt in their own subscriptions, dated September 141 AD.

In English machine translation

Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Thoth 13, through the bank of Dioskoros son of Dioskoros, (in the quarter) of the Bithynians. Doras alias Ninnos son of Doras, to Pammenes son of Mysthes son of Pammenes, from the village of […], aged about 53, without distinguishing marks, and to Apynchis son of Panephremmis son of Apynchis, aged about 37, with a scar on the little finger of the left hand, and to Satabous son of Stotoetis son of Panommieus, aged about 39, with a scar on the left arm, and to Pekysis son of Panephremmis son of Horos, aged about 27, without distinguishing marks, the 3 from the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, the 4 being Persians of the Epigone, mutual sureties for payment: that they have from Doras a loan of capital of 524 silver drachmas, total 524 drachmas, at interest of one drachma per mina per month, and they will repay the capital and the interest on the 30th of the present month Sebastos without delay. ⟦We, Pammenes son of Mysthes and Apynchis son of Panephremmis⟧ and Satabous son of Stotoetis and Pakysis son of Panephremmis, the 4 mutual sureties for payment, have and will repay the 524 silver drachmas of capital of the loan, total 524 drachmas, and the interest of one drachma on the 30th of the present month Thoth. I, Pammenes, wrote most of this on behalf of Apynchis and Pakysis, and on behalf of Satabous, who is illiterate, as stated above. I, Apynchis son of Panephremmis, have and will jointly repay the 524 silver drachmas of the loan and the interest of one drachma as stated above. I, Pakysis son of Panephremmis, have and will jointly repay, by mutual guarantee, the 524 drachmas of the loan and the interest of one drachma as stated above.

Thoth was also called Sebastos in this period, so both month names refer to the same repayment date. 'Persians of the Epigone' is a legal status label for debtors, not an ethnic description.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verzinsliches Darlehen von vier Personen über 524 Drachmen). 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 · 10. Sept. 141 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

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