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Loan of 100 drachmas from Nemesianus to two villagers of Phys TM 17181Phys (Herakleopolites)18. Aug. 185

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A loan contract in which Panedbeus son of Pekysis and Apollon son of Herakleios, villagers of Phys, acting as mutual sureties, acknowledge borrowing 100 silver drachmas at 1% monthly interest from Nemesianus, a former gymnasiarch and chief priest of Herakleopolis. Repayment is due in Hathyr; the scribe Hippodromos wrote for the illiterate borrowers. Dated 18 August 185 at Phys in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] Panedbeus, aged about 25, […] Apollon, aged about 35, […] I, Hippodromos son of Seuthes, have signed. Year 25 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, Mesore 25. We, Panedbeus son of Pekysis, his mother being Ta[…], and Apollon son of Herakleios, his mother being […], from the village of Phys, mutual sureties for payment, acknowledge that we have the loan from Nemesianus son of Nemesianus, former gymnasiarch and former chief priest of Herakleopolis, of the capital sum of 100 drachmas of imperial silver coinage, total 100 drachmas, at interest of one drachma per mina each month, which we will also repay to you in the month of Hathyr of the coming year 25 (?) of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord without delay, you and your agents having the right of execution against us both jointly and against either one of us, whichever you choose to proceed against, and against all our property of every kind, as if by legal judgment. The loan, attested by six witnesses, is valid. I, Hippodromos […], wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters. [verso] (Loan) of Panedbeus and Apollon […]

The repayment year reads 'year 25', though Hathyr of the following year would be year 26 of Commodus; likely a scribal slip. Interest of one drachma per mina per month equals the standard 12% per year.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mutuo di danaro). 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 · 18. Aug. 185 · Phys (Herakleopolites)

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