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Fragmentary contract in which a man named Silvanus of Antinoopolis acknowledges a loan of gold coin from a fellow citizen, apparently with monthly payments of 50,000 denarii and with a sixth share of property inherited from his mother Nonna pledged as security. It was written at Antinoopolis, probably in AD 445.
The consular formula is restored; Valentinian III's 4th consulship fell in 435, so the date of 445 is uncertain. The monthly payment in denarii seems to be a fixed charge in lieu of interest on the gold loan.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Money). 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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