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Loan of wheat to Aurelius Psenetymis TM 15622Diospolis Parva (?)20. Nov. 341

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End of a loan contract in which Aurelius Psenetymis acknowledges receiving 2 1/2 artabas of wheat and promises repayment, with a penalty of half again if he defaults. A former city magistrate, Aurelius Statillius, signed for him because he was illiterate. Dated 20 November 341, probably at Diospolis Parva.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] to you by the measure […] together with […] the half again (penalty) without any dispute or delay. If I do not repay, you may make use of […] resources until repayment of the said grain […] and valid […], which I have issued to you for security with the subscription of the one subscribing on my behalf, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the consulship of Antonius Marcellinus and Petronius Probinus, viri clarissimi, Hathyr 24. I, Aurelius Psenetymis, the aforesaid, have received the 2 1/2 artabas of wheat and will repay as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Statillius son of Deuteros, former magistrate of the city, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. [verso] Note of hand of Psenetymis

The hemiolia was a standard penalty of 50 percent added to the sum owed on late repayment. The beginning of the contract, naming the lender, is lost.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 20. Nov. 341 · Diospolis Parva (?)

[r] [… ? lines lost …] σοι μέτρῳ[…] μετὰ καὶ […]ἡμιολείας ἄνευ πάσης ἀντιλογίας καὶ ὑπερθέσεως. εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποδῷ ἐξέστω σοι χρήσασθαι[…] εὐπορείᾳ μέχρι ἀποδόσεως τοῦ εἰρημένου σίτου …[…] καὶ βέβαιον […]ὃ ἐφʼ ὑπογραφῆς τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ὑπογράφοντος ἐξεδόμην σοι πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν καὶ ἐπερω…