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Discharge of a loan of 112 drachmas repaid to Psenamounis TM 140732Kellis (Oasis Magna)Juli - Aug. 145

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A deed of discharge in which Psenamounis son of Tithoes declares that a loan of 112 silver drachmas, made in AD 137/138, and its interest have been repaid by Tithoes son of Psenamounis and his wife Talais, and renounces any further claim. It was registered by the contract-writer Kollouthos and written in AD 145 at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis.

In English machine translation

Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Mesore […]. Psenamounis son of Tithoes, of Mesobe, […] his mother being […]ris, aged about 22, with a scar […], has made this to Tithoes son of Psenamounis, grandson of Psais, his mother being Tasechthis daughter of Horos, aged about 52, and Talais daughter of Horos, her mother being Tapsais, his wife, both of Mesobe: I have discharged the claim that arose in the 22nd year, which is also the 1st year, of Antoninus Caesar the lord, in the month of Pauni, for a capital sum of 112 silver drachmas, and the interest on them up to Pauni of the 2nd year of Antoninus, and I have no claim or summons against you concerning them from today for all time to come […]. Full (?). Kollouthos, contract-writer of Mesobe: I have registered it. I, Psenamounis son of Tithoes, the aforesaid, to Tithoes son of Psenamounis and Talais daughter of Horos: I have made for you the aforesaid discharge of the aforesaid 112 drachmas and their interest, as stated above. […] son of Tepnachthes wrote on his behalf, having been asked.

Much of the text, including the amount and the parties' names, is restored from the formulaic repetition in the subscription. The 'year 22 which is also year 1' refers to AD 137/138, the overlap of Hadrian's last and Antoninus' first regnal years; the lender appears to be the borrower's son, though his age of 22 rests on the reading.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Repayment of a Loan of Money). 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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cde.86.245

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Juli - Aug. 145 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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