One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 12542

Loan of wheat from Aurelia Koutina to Aurelia Tetoueis of Karanis TM 12542Found at: KaranisSeptember 1 - December 31, 373 CE

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An acknowledgment of a loan of wheat in which Aurelia Tetoueis of Karanis confirms she owes Aurelia Koutina of Arsinoe 9 artabas of wheat, including 50 percent interest, to be repaid in Pauni. It was written in late 373 AD at Karanis by Aurelius Hol for the illiterate borrower.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aurelia Tetoueis daughter of Hatres, from the village of Karanis, acknowledges to Aurelia Koutina daughter of Elias, from the city of the Arsinoites, that she, the acknowledging party, has received 9 artabas of wheat including the interest of one half, (artabas) 9, which I will necessarily repay at the appointed time in the month of Pauni of the current third indiction, in kind, new, clean, unadulterated, satisfactory, without delay; and at the time of the demand, Koutina shall have the right of execution both against the acknowledging party and against all her property, as if by a court judgment; and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged it. In the 4th consulship of our lords Valentinian and Valens, the eternal Augusti. I, Aurelia Tetoueis, have received the 9 artabas of wheat including the interest of one half and will repay at the appointed time as stated above. I, Aurelius Hol, wrote on her behalf, she being present and illiterate. [verso] Note of hand. Tetoueis daughter of Hatres, from the village of Karanis, [wheat, 9 artabas].

The 'hemiolia' means the 9 artabas already include interest of one half of the principal, so the actual advance was 6 artabas. The text slips between third and first person and uses a masculine pronoun for the borrower's property, typical scribal inconsistencies.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Sept. - 31. Dez. 373 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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