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Loan of money from Aurelia Sophia to Aurelius Pamour TM 20304Kellis (Oasis Magna)15. Febr. 364

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A loan contract in which Aurelius Pamour of Kellis, living at Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, acknowledges borrowing 5,000 talents of silver from Aurelia Sophia, also of Kellis, at interest of 500 talents per month. It was written on 15 February 364, and another villager signed for the illiterate borrower.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aurelius Pamour son of Pamour, his mother being Takose, from the village of Kellis of the city of the Mothites of the Great Oasis, now living in the village of Aphrodite of the Antaiopolite nome, black-haired, short, to Aurelia Sophia daughter of Besas, her mother being Ta…s, from the same village of Kellis, now residing in the same village of Aphrodite, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received and borrowed from you here for my own personal and pressing need, and have been paid in cash, 5,000 talents of silver of the coinage of the Augusti, total 5,000 talents of silver of capital, and I will provide you as interest on these a fixed sum each month of 500 talents of silver, total 500 talents, from the present day, the 20th of the current month Mecheir of the present 7th indiction, until repayment of the capital; and whenever you wish to recover the capital from me, I will return it to you together with the accumulated fixed sum, that is the interest, without delay and without dispute, all my property being pledged to you until I repay the debt. This single handwritten bond I have issued to you for security, valid and guaranteed, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the year after the consulship of Julian for the 4th time and Flavius Sallustius, the most illustrious praetorian prefect, Mecheir 20. I, Aurelius Pamour son of Pamour, the aforesaid, have received and owe the 5,000 talents of silver of capital and will repay them with the accumulated interest of 500 talents of silver per month, and I agree to all that is written above as stated. I, Aurelius Pebos son of Tithoes, from the same village of Kellis, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. [verso] Pamour son of Pamour from Kellis: 5,000 talents of silver.

Although found at Kellis, the contract was drawn up at Aphrodite in the Nile Valley, where both parties from Kellis were then living. The interest of 10 percent per month reflects the heavily inflated currency of the 4th century.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 15. Febr. 364 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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