Loan of money with pledge of a farmstead by Aurelia Charite TM 15613Hermopolis
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A loan contract from Hermopolis in which Aurelia Charite, daughter of a former town councillor, acknowledges borrowing 640 silver talents with interest from Aurelius Dios, to be repaid in Tybi. She pledges as security a farmstead with a cellar, hay-store and wells inherited from her father in the Western Fort quarter.
In English machine translation
The hypallagma is a form of security in which property is pledged but remains in the borrower's possession. The indiction dating places the text in the 4th century AD, when sums in talents reflect heavy inflation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Geldanleihe mit Hypallagma). 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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[r] Αὐρηλία Χαρίτη Ἀμαζονίου γενομένου βουλευτοῦ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Δίῳ Ἑλλαδίου γενομένου βουλευτοῦ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι καὶ μεμετρῆσθαι παρὰ σοῦ ἐξ οἴκου χρῆσιν ἔντοκον κεφαλαίου συνανειλημμένου τόκου ἀργυρίου Σεβαστῶν νομίσματος τάλαντα ἑξακόσια τεσσεράκοντα, …