Acknowledgement of a loan of one gold solidus less six carats received by Aurelius Phoibammon son of Choïs, repayable from the crops of the thirteenth indiction, with Aurelius Basileides as guarantor. Witnesses include a village headman, and an identifier wrote for the illiterate parties. It dates to AD 548-549, probably from the Hermopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[from hand] to my hand out of your house the capital sum of 1 gold solidus, imperial, of good quality, less 6 carats, total 1 solidus less 6 carats, which I will repay to you at the time of the […] of the crops of the fortunate thirteenth indiction, without any dispute or delay, you having the right of execution against me and against all my possessions, as if by a court judgment. This note is valid and guaranteed, and having been asked the formal question I agreed.
I, Aurelius Phoibammon son of Choïs, the aforementioned, received the 1 solidus of gold less 6 carats, which I will also repay at the due date as stated above.
I, Aurelius Basileides son of Serenos, the aforementioned, stand surety and guarantee it for the same due date as stated above.
We, Aurelii Apollos son of Serapas and Victor son of Peleus, village headman, I bear witness to the note, having heard it from the party who made it.
I, Aurelius Amounis, identifier, having been asked, wrote on his behalf and on behalf of the witnesses, since they do not know letters.
And it was likewise written through me, Amounis. †
[verso]
The note (?) [...] […]
[…] total 1 gold solidus less 6 carats
The opening with the lender's name is lost. Repayment 'from the crops' may indicate the loan was effectively an advance on the harvest; the verso docket is partly in Coptic.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Money). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.