Fragment of a contract mentioning a bank and a silver payment TM 17818Panopolis217 - 218

A small fragment of a Greek document from Panopolis, dated 217-218 AD. Surviving phrases mention a bank, a sum in silver drachmas, the creditor's right of prior execution, an imperial title, and a person's age, suggesting a contract such as a loan or sale.

In English machine translation

The phrase "right of prior execution" (protopraxia) is a legal clause giving a creditor priority in recovering a debt. The imperial epithets "Pius Felix Augustus" are restored and would refer to the reigning emperor, probably Macrinus or Elagabalus.

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.