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