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Fragmentary contract concerning a mortgage of grain land near Panopolis TM 17795Panopolis217 - 218

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Fragments of one or more contracts from Panopolis concerning grain land and property in the plain south of the city, involving a loan with interest, a mortgage and a guarantee of title. A woman acting with her guardian Horos son of Chemsneus and members of a family including Senpetermouthis and Petermouthis son of Kollanthos appear. Dated to the reign of Marcus Aurelius (Caracalla or Elagabalus), AD 217-218.

In English machine translation

[…] with her guardian Horos son of Chemsneus […] Senpetermouthis and Ta…[…] […] about 23 years old, with a scar on the left shin […] Senkolanthos daughter of Triadelphos […] in the plain south of Panopolis […] […] Senpetermouthis, whose neighbours […] […] and that the aforementioned grain-bearing arouras be yours […] […] each year from today for all time […] […] in Panopolis, the right of first execution being reserved […] our name, Arallitis (?) […] […] of the Emperor Caesar Marcus […] […]…lantos …[…] […] mother T[…] […] and however styled […] […] to Mercurius the … Isid…[…] […] in Panopolis, and I will pay you in full […] […] and when you asked for another term […] […] I paid you interest at the rate […] […] in the …[…] […] Senpet[ermouthis] […] […] aforementioned […] […] to the west a blind alley […] […] and to re-mortgage […] […] silver drachmas […] […] as aforesaid […] […] and I will guarantee with every guarantee […] […] concerning which, in general, at every time […] […] […] Tybi 20. M[…] […] son of Psen[…] […] on the right knee. I have received […] […] son of Petermouthis son of Kollanthos […] […] from the same city […] […] you made on mortgage […] […] through Eros son of Petermouthis […] […] the right of first execution being reserved […] […] of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius […]

Protopraxia is the creditor's right to execute on the debtor's property before other claimants. The text appears to contain a loan secured by mortgage, a later extension of term, and a receipt.

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 · 217 - 218 · Panopolis

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