Fragment of a loan contract with interest, Herakleia TM 12478Arsinoites103 - 115

Fragment of a loan contract from the Arsinoite nome, dated under Trajan (AD 103-115) in the month Sebastos. It mentions a man of about 40, a sum of coined silver at interest of one drachma per mina per month, purchasers, and a place Herakleia in the division of Themistes.

In English machine translation

Sebastos is an honorific month name, equivalent to Thoth. Interest of one drachma per mina per month equals the standard 12 percent a year; the reference to purchasers and an allotment may suggest the loan is tied to a sale or security on land.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Darlehensvertrages). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.