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Interest-free loan of wheat between two women TM 121Pathyris22. Okt. 113 v.Chr.

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A notarial contract drawn up before the agoranomos Heliodoros at Pathyris, recording an interest-free loan of 10 artabas of wheat from Naomsesis to Thaesis, both women described as Persians. The wheat was to be repaid in Pachon of the same year, with a penalty of one and a half times the market price for late payment. It dates to 22 October 113 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 5, Phaophi 3, at Pathyris, before Heliodoros, agoranomos. Naomsesis daughter of Spemminis, Persian, has lent to Thaesis daughter of Harsiesis, Persian, 10 artabas of wheat, without interest. The borrower Thaesis shall repay this loan to Naomsesis in the month of Pachon of year 5, in new, clean wheat, delivered to her house at her own expense, by the measure with which she also received it. If she does not repay within the appointed time, let her pay forthwith one and a half times the price prevailing in the market, and Naomsesis shall have the right of execution against the borrower Thaesis and against all her property, exacting payment as if by a court judgment. [verso] Repayment year 5; loan of Thaesis, 10 (artabas) of wheat.

"Persian" here is a legal status designation common in Ptolemaic contracts rather than an ethnic origin. The agoranomos was the public notary who registered such contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Wheat). 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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p.amh.2.46

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 22. Okt. 113 v.Chr. · Pathyris

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