Acknowledgment of an interest-free loan in gold carats TM 16137Hermopolis

Fragmentary loan acknowledgment from Hermopolis in which a borrower, writing to a man of the same city who held the post of night-watch commander of the Kollainou quarter, admits owing a sum in gold carats. The borrower promises to repay it without interest in the coming month of Pachon, pledging all present and future property as security.

In English machine translation

The nyktostrategos was a local official responsible for night-time policing. The dating formula naming a 'most glorious year' and gold carats point to the Byzantine period, but no exact date is preserved.

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