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Copies of loan acknowledgements addressed to the banker Aurelius Zoilos TM 17792Panopolis17. Sept. 217

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Fragments of a series of documents addressed to the banker Aurelius Zoilos at Panopolis, mostly acknowledgements of loans of silver drachmas with interest, one by Aurelius Ision son of Kolanthos. They date to the reign of Macrinus, around September 217.

In English machine translation

[…] to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. […] from Panopolis, […] 1,200 (?) drachmas of silver […] to him […] interest. I, Aurelius Ision […] […] Augustus, Thoth 20. […] hundred, as aforesaid. […] […] from Panopolis, to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. […] in Panopolis for my own need […] drachmas of silver […] Mesore 10 and to him […] […] I, Aurelius Ision son of Kolanthos […] […] from Panopolis […] Augustus, Thoth 20 […] […] and valid, [the] inscription […] […] to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. […] for our own need […] drachmas of silver […] we being mutual sureties for repayment […] with interest of one drachma per mina each month […] Pius Felix Augustus […] […] to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. […] from the same city […] 1,480 […] interest […] […] on the terms contained in the whole memorandum (?) […] […] Pius Felix Augustus […] […] the […] to you […] […] letters. Aurelius Be[…] […] for him, Aurelius Artemidoros also called […] […] to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. […] […] his son […] […] bank transfer […] […] of the plot […] […] I have through the same […] […] 1,500 […] […] bank transfer and […] […] to the […] […] of Imperator Caesar Marcus ⟦Opellius⟧ […] […] daughter […] […] to Aurelius Zoilos, banker, greetings. I have been paid by you […] […] and if she wishes to leave it with me, I shall repay […] […] Felix Augustus, Thoth […]

The erased name Opellius belongs to the emperor Macrinus, whose memory was condemned after his fall in 218. The interest of one drachma per mina per month equals 12% a year, the standard rate.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 17. Sept. 217 · Panopolis

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