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
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.
p.nyu.1.24
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