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Loan of wheat from Aurelia Kottina to Aurelia Tetoueis of Karanis TM 11909Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)3. Sept. 373

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A loan contract in which Aurelia Tetoueis of the village of Karanis acknowledges receiving 27 artabas of wheat, interest of one half included, from Aurelia Kottina of Arsinoe, to be repaid in Pauni of the third indiction. It was written on 3 September 373 at Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoe), with a scribe signing for the illiterate borrower.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the consulship of our masters Valentinian and Valens, the eternal Augusti, for the 4th time, Thoth 6. Aurelia Tetoueis, daughter of Hatres, her mother being Tapaeis, from the village of Karanis, acknowledges to Aurelia Kottina, daughter of Ammon, from the city of the Arsinoites, of the quarter of Phremei, that she, the acknowledging party Tetoueis, has received and had measured out to her from her as a loan in kind 27 artabas of clean wheat including the half-share (interest), total 27 artabas, which she shall of necessity repay to Kottina in the month of Pauni of the third indiction in the city by the four-choinix measure; and upon demand Kottina shall have the right of execution against the acknowledging party Tetoueis and against all her property, as if by legal judgment; and having been asked the formal question she acknowledged. I, Aurelia Tetoueis, the aforementioned, have received the 27 artabas of clean wheat including the half-share and will repay as stated above. I, Aurelius Tryphon son of Timotheos, wrote on her behalf, she being present and illiterate. Executed through me, Paulos. [verso] Note of hand of Tetoueis from Karanis, 26 artabas of wheat.

The "hemiolia" (half-share) means the stated sum already includes 50 percent interest. The docket on the back gives 26 artabas, disagreeing with the 27 in the body.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed of Loan). 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 · 3. Sept. 373 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

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