Acknowledgement of a deposit of 500 drachmas between soldiers TM 144701Didymoi

Fragmentary ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert in which Dioskoros son of Besarion, a soldier of the cohort I Flavia Cilicum, acknowledges receiving 500 silver drachmas on deposit from a fellow soldier of the same cohort and promises to repay them on demand without dispute. The surviving end mentions further sums and the period beyond the due date.

In English machine translation

A deposit (parathēkē) was a common legal form for recording a loan between private persons. The reference to the elapsed time probably introduced a penalty or interest clause for late repayment.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Actes de droit privé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.