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Borrower's subscription to a loan of two gold solidi TM 15842Hermopolites

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The borrower's subscription to a loan contract from the Hermopolite nome: Aurelius […]leos son of Makarios acknowledges receiving two gold solidi less 12 carats and promises to repay them on demand. Because he was illiterate, Aurelius Kosmas of Hermopolis wrote the subscription for him.

In English machine translation

I, Aurelius […]leos son of Makarios, the aforementioned, have the two gold solidi less 12 carats, and I will repay them whenever you wish, together with the interest (?), without dispute, as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Kosmas son of Seli[…], from Hermopolis, ⟦the aforementioned⟧ having been asked, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters.

The word paramythia, literally 'consolation', is used here for a sweetener or interest added to the repayment. Only the subscription survives; the main body of the contract 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 Unterschrift eines Darlehensvertrags). 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 · Hermopolites

Αὐρήλιος ……λεος Μακαρίου ὁ προκείμενος ἔχω τὰ τοῦ χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δύο παρὰ κεράτια ιβ καὶ ἀποδώσω ὁπόταν βουληθῇς μετὰ τῆς παραμυθίας χωρὶς ἀντιλογίας ὡς πρόκειται. Αὐρήλιος Κοσμᾶς Σελι…ος ἀπὸ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως ἀξιωθεὶς ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος.