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Acknowledgement of a loan of 60 drachmas from Soterichos to Didymos TM 12354Tebtynis (Arsinoites)8. Nov. 103

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A loan acknowledgement in letter form in which Didymos son of Apollonios confirms that he has borrowed 60 silver drachmas from Soterichos son of Soterichos. He promises to repay it in Hathyr of Trajan's next (seventh) year, separately from other debts he already owes. It was written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 103.

In English machine translation

Didymos son of Apollonios to Soterichos son of Soterichos, greetings. I acknowledge that I have from you a loan of silver, sixty drachmas, which I will also repay to you in the month of Hathyr of the coming seventh year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, apart from the other sums that I owe you. Year six of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, Hathyr 11.

The loan runs for exactly one year: it is dated Hathyr of year 6 and repayable in Hathyr of year 7. No interest is mentioned.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mutuo di danaro). 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.mil.vogl.2.108

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 8. Nov. 103 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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