Fragment of a contract from Panopolis, dated 217-218 AD, apparently a loan secured by a mortgage on land. Surviving phrases mention a person from Panopolis, his mother Senno[…], a boundary on the north, a promise to repay, and the creditor's priority right of execution.
In English machine translation
[…] and […]
[…]
[… 2 lines lost …]
[…]sios […]
[…] from Panopolis […]
[…] mother Senno[…]
[…] aforementioned […]
[…] mortgage (?) […]
[…] he himself […]
[…] and other […]
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[…] son (?) of Paniskos […]
[…] to the north, the allotment (?) […]
[…] on all sides […]
[…] I will repay you […]
[…]
[…] the right of first execution being preserved […]
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The word for pledging property (hypotithemi) and the clause protecting the creditor's right of first execution (protopraxia) suggest a secured loan. The land description with boundaries survives only in traces.
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.