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Loan of gold solidi with interest, from a son of Petros to Flavius Ioannes TM 16142Hermopolis591 - 602

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A loan contract from Hermopolis in the reign of the emperor Maurice, in which a man, son of Petros, acknowledges borrowing 6 gold solidi less 6 carats from Flavius Ioannes, repayable on demand. He also agrees to pay interest of 3 carats, with all his property pledged as security, and a witness, Aurelius Petros, signs.

In English machine translation

[† In the name of the] Lord and Master Jesus [Christ, the] God and our Saviour, in the reign [of our most pious] master Flavius Mauricius [Tiberius, the] eternal Augustus and Emperor, [year] […], Phaophi 4. […]os son of Petros, [mother] […], from the city of the Hermopolites, [†] to [Flavius] Ioannes son of […], the most admirable […], from the same city, greetings. [I acknowledge that I have] received and borrowed from you [for my own] and necessary ⟨need⟩ a capital sum of 6 gold solidi less 6 carats by the Hermopolite standard, [total 6 gold solidi less] 6 carats, which I will repay to you whenever [you wish] without any [delay] or [dispute] or judgement or lawsuit; and [I acknowledge that I] give by way of interest (paramythia) […] 3 gold carats, [the] period of the interest [being counted from] today's date, which [is Phaophi] 4 of the [present] […] […] […] […] and the large […] […] and the small and the […] […] Athenaios until repayment of the [aforesaid] debt, all my present and [future] property being pledged to you for this [debt], as [by legal judgement]. This contract is valid and [secure], and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. † […] […] as aforesaid. […] son of Kollouthos […] […] †† I, Aurelius Petros […] from Hermopolis, bear witness to this contract, [having heard it from the] party who made it. † […] written […]

The interest is called paramythia, literally 'consolation', a Byzantine euphemism for interest on a loan. The passage mentioning 'the large' and 'the small' and Athenaios is too damaged to interpret securely.

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.

bgu.12.2206

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 591 - 602 · Hermopolis

† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυίου Μαυρικίου Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους[…]……, Φαῶφι τετάρτῃ […]……ος Πέτρου μητρὸς[…]… ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμουπολιτῶν †[…]Φλαυίῳ Ἰωάννῃ υἱῷ …… τ…