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Loan of wheat with half-interest from Cornelius Pasis to Marsoias TM 12564PhiladelphiaOct. 18th, 295 A.D.

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A loan contract in which Aurelius Marsoias, from a village in the Memphite nome, acknowledges receiving 5 artabas of wheat from Aurelius Cornelius Pasis of Philadelphia, to be repaid with 50 percent interest in the month of Pauni. Written for the illiterate borrower by Aurelius Alypios at Philadelphia in the Fayum, 18 October 295.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Marsoias son of Anoubas, his mother being Isaious, from the village of Dimior (?) in the Memphite nome, to Aurelius Cornelius Pasis from the village of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, greeting. I acknowledge that I have received from you and had measured out to me in the village of Philadelphia, as a loan for my own use, with interest of one half, 5 artabas of wheat, measure 1, by the four-choinix measure, which I shall of necessity repay to you in the month of Pauni in the aforesaid village without delay, the right of execution belonging to you against me and against all my property, as if by a court judgment. This note of hand, written in duplicate, is valid as if registered in a public archive, and in answer to the formal question I gave my consent. I, Aurelius Marsoias, have received the artabas of wheat with the interest of one half, 5 artabas, measure 1. I, Aurelius Alypios, wrote on his behalf because he is illiterate. Year 12 and 11 and 4 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, Phaophi 20.

The phrase "with interest of one half" (hemiolia) means the borrower repays one and a half times the amount; the 5 artabas probably already include this. The village name Dimior is uncertain.

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.

Loan of Wheat

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · uninventoried · Oct. 18th, 295 A.D. · Philadelphia

A contract for loan of wheat, written by a scribe, Aurelius Alypius.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 18. Okt. 295 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites, Ägypten)

Αὐρήλιος Μαρσοίας Ἀνουβᾶ μητρὸς Ἰσαιοῦτος ἀπὸ κώμης Διμιορ τοῦ Μεμφίτου νομοῦ Αὐρηλίῳ Κορνηλίῳ Πάσι ἀπὸ κώμης Φιλαδελφίας τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν παρὰ σοῦ καὶ μεμετρῆσθαι ἐν κώμῃ Φιλαδελφίᾳ ἐν χρήσει εἰς ἰδίαν μου χρείαν σὺν ἡμιολίᾳ πυροῦ ἀρτάβας πέντε μέτρον α μέτρ…