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Loan of 1,000 drachmas at interest from a councillor of Oxyrhynchus TM 16920Oxyrhynchos26. Mai 223

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A handwritten loan agreement from Oxyrhynchus in which Aurelius Herakleides acknowledges borrowing 1,000 silver drachmas from Aurelius […]meios, an exegetes and town councillor, at 1 per cent monthly interest, to be repaid by the end of Pachon of the following year. It is dated 26 May AD 223, in the reign of Severus Alexander.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Herakleides son of Achilleus also called […], his mother being Thaesis, from the city of Oxyrhynchus […], to Aurelius […]meios, exegetes […], pompagogos (?), councillor of the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you from hand to hand as a loan 1,000 drachmas of silver of the imperial coinage as capital, to which nothing has been added, at interest of 1 drachma per mina each month from the present month Pauni of the current year 2. I will repay you the capital and the interest that will accrue by the 30th of Pachon of the coming year 3 without any delay; otherwise I will pay you, with an addition of one half, the interest of 1 drachma for the overdue time, you having the right of execution upon me and upon all my property. This note of hand, written in duplicate, is valid wherever it is produced and for anyone who produces it on your behalf. And in answer to your formal question whether these things are rightly and properly done, I gave my assent. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Pauni 1. I, Aurelius Herakleides son of Achilleus, have received from Aurelius 1,000 drachmas of silver as capital, at interest of 1 drachma, and I will repay the loan […] at the fixed term, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent as stated above.

Interest of 1 drachma per mina per month equals 12 per cent a year, the standard rate. The title pompagogos refers to an official in charge of religious processions.

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.11.2118

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Mai 223 · Oxyrhynchos

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