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Interest-free loan of 70 drachmas from Princeps to Dionysios and Dionysia TM 18629Alexandria29. Aug. - 26. Nov. 9 v.Chr.

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A loan agreement addressed to Protarchos, in which Dionysios, a 'Persian of the epigone', and his wife Dionysia acknowledge receiving an interest-free loan of 70 silver drachmas from Princeps, repayable within five months. Failure to repay brings a 50 percent penalty, statutory interest and personal arrest; written at Alexandria in 9 BC.

In English machine translation

[To Protarchos] [from Princeps son of] […] [and from Dionysios son of] […], [Persian of the epigone, and his wife Dionysia daughter of] […]nios, with [her guardian, her husband. Dionysios and Dionysia agree] that they have received [from] Princeps a loan, from hand to hand out of his house, of 70 drachmas [of Ptolemaic silver], without interest, which they will also repay within five months from Hathyr of the present twenty-second year of Caesar, without any delay; otherwise they shall be immediately liable to arrest and be held in custody until they have paid the [loan with an additional half], and for the overdue time the interest according to the ordinance at 2 drachmas, Princeps having the right of execution against the two, who are mutual sureties for payment, and against any one of them, whichever he chooses, and against all their property, as if by a court judgment; and they shall not put forward any pleas, or these shall be invalid. We request (registration). Farewell. […] of us two […] …

This is an Alexandrian synchoresis, a contract submitted to the official Protarchos for registration. 'Persian of the epigone' is a legal status label used for debtors in this period.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehnsurkunde, 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 29. Aug. - 26. Nov. 9 v.Chr. · Alexandria

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