An Alexandrian agreement (synchoresis) addressed to Protarchos, in which Aristonikos acknowledges a loan of 100 silver drachmas from Theon and, instead of interest, lets Theon live for twelve months in a house he owns with his sister Philotera in the Delta quarter, Theon also paying a small monthly rent. It dates to about February-March 13 BC.
In English machine translation
To Protarchos
from …ra (?) Theon son of A[…] and from Aristonikos son of Aisa[…], Persian of the epigone. Concerning the matters agreed between them:
Aristonikos acknowledges that he has received as a loan from Theon, from hand to hand out of the house, 100 drachmas of Ptolemaic silver; and in place of the interest on this sum and of the 3 drachmas 3 obols which Theon will pay him in addition each month, he is obliged to allow Theon and his people, for a period of twelve months from Phamenoth of the present 17th year of Caesar, to live in the house belonging to him, Aristonikos, and to his sister Philotera, in the apartment building that is in the Delta quarter, which is enclosed, and to use the vestibule belonging to it and the common facilities of the building; all repairs of the house and the vestibule, as often as needed, are to be the responsibility of Aristonikos; and he is not to evict Theon or his people within the period, and when it has passed he is to repay the 100 drachmas of silver without interest and without any delay; or, in whatever respect he violates this, he is to be immediately liable to arrest and to be held in custody until he pays the loan with an addition of one half, and for the time overdue the interest at the rate of the ordinance, two drachmas (per month per mina), Theon having the right of execution against Aristonikos himself and against all his property as if by a court judgment, all guarantees and every protection he may bring forward being invalid.
Theon has the occupancy of the house and the vestibule and also of the storeroom in them, and Theon is to pay Aristonikos in addition the 3 drachmas 3 obols monthly for the twelve months, and having lived there for that time and having received back the 100 drachmas of silver without interest, he is to release this agreement and vacate the dwelling and hand it over clean of rubbish together with the fixtures, just as he received it; otherwise he too is to be liable to the stipulated penalty.
Protarchos headed the court that registered such private agreements in Augustan Alexandria. The lender's free occupancy of the house functions as interest on the loan (an antichretic arrangement); 'Persian of the epigone' is a legal status label for debtors.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Vertrag über ein Darlehn in Verbindung mit Wohnungsmiete, Alexandrien). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.