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Loan of Tyrian silver with annual wine in lieu of interest TM 17220Ossa (in der Nähe von Dura - Europos)29. Okt. 133

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A loan contract drawn up in the village of Ossa near Dura-Europos in AD 133. Atthaios borrows 100 Tyrian silver drachmas from Lysias of Europos, securing the loan on all his property and paying 12 1/2 jars of wine a year from the press instead of interest until he repays the money. Atthaios signs his consent and three witnesses sign.

In English machine translation

Year 445, month of Hyperberetaios 14, in the village of Ossa, before the witnesses written below. Atthaios son of Akarabanes son of Zabidlaos, of the people of that place, acknowledged that he has received as a loan from Lysias son of Abboueis, of the people of Europos, 100 drachmas of good silver of Tyrian coinage, on security of all his property, which is in his possession; and in lieu of the interest on this same silver, Atthaios shall pay to Lysias each year, from the wine-press, 12 1/2 jars of wine, from the present time until the repayment of the silver. I, Atthaios son of Akrabanes, consent to all the above written. I, Ariabazos son of Ariabazos, am witness. I, Abidginaios son of Ragoaios, am witness. I, Barsamisos son of Ragheadados, am witness.

Year 445 is counted in the Seleucid era. The arrangement, in which produce replaces interest, is a form of antichretic loan; the borrower's father's name is spelled both Akarabanes and Akrabanes in the text.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Antichretic Loan). 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 · 29. Okt. 133 · Ossa (in der Nähe von Dura - Europos)

ἔτους εμυ, μηνὸς Ὑπερβερεταίου ιδ, ἐν Ὄσσηι κώμηι ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπογεγραμμένων μαρτύρων. ὡμολόγησεν Ἀθθαῖος Ἀκαραβάνου τοῦ Ζαβιδλάου, τῶν αὐτόθι, ἔχειν ἐν δάνει παρὰ Λυσίου τοῦ Ἀββούειος, τῶν ἀπʼ Εὐρωποῦ, ἀργυρίου καλοῦ Τυρίου κόμματος δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν ἐπὶ ὑποθήκῃ τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτῷ πᾶ…