Copy of a private loan agreement, written in the borrower's own hand, for an interest-bearing loan of 100 silver drachmas, with a penalty of half as much again for late repayment. It dates from the reign of Trajan, between AD 102 and 116.
In English machine translation
Copy […]
mother […]
of the city […]
[…] from the […] city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you
by hand, out of your house, an interest-bearing loan of a capital sum of 100 silver drachmas, and I will necessarily repay the 100 drachmas of the loan
and the interest […]
[…]dites (?), mother […] in the month […] of the coming […]
year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, without any delay. If I do not repay as written, I will pay you the aforesaid capital sum plus half as much again, and for the overdue time
the appropriate interest […]
[…] execution (?) against you (?) […]
[…] everywhere […] This
holograph (contract) is valid […] Year […]
of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Dacicus, month […]
Much of the loan formula is restored by the editor from standard parallels; the parties' names are lost. 'Idiographos' denotes a contract written in the debtor's own hand, valid without notarial registration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abschrift eines Kreditvertrages (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.