A loan contract in which Theodoros son of Chairemon and his wife Sousanna acknowledge borrowing gold solidi at monthly interest from a man of high rank named Apollonarios, son of a reverend person. It was drawn up by the deacon and notary Kyrillos at Apollonopolis Superior (Edfu) in the 9th year of Emperor Heraclius, with witnesses signing.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† In the name of the holy and life-giving and consubstantial Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit.
In the reign of our most divine and most serene and God-crowned master Flavius Heraclius the eternal Augustus and Emperor and greatest Benefactor, year 9, and in the consulship of the same […] year 8, Pauni […], in Apollonopolis Superior.
To […]anos Apollonarios, son of the most reverend […] […], Theodoros son of Chairemon and his wife Sousanna daughter of […], mother […], originating from the same city, greetings.
We, Theodoros son of Chairemon, mother […], servant (?), and his wife Sousanna, the aforementioned, acknowledge that we have received and borrowed from your Excellency today for our own pressing need […] gold solidi on the standard of Apollonopolis, total […] gold solidi only […]
and we are ready to provide these to the one who presents to us this present security […] from today, the aforementioned day, which is the ninth […] of the […] indiction, together with the lawful interest that will accrue on them […] for each solidus per month, without any dispute or judgement or lawsuit or delay or pretext, at our own risk and expense, with security from all our property, present and future, movable and immovable and self-moving.
And for the security of your Excellency we have made this document for each of us, valid and binding, with the signature of the one subscribing for us, and having been asked the formal question we gave our assent. †
† We, Theodoros son of Chairemon, mother […], and Sousanna, the aforementioned, have made this present security and all that is written in it is satisfactory to us as stated above.
[…] at their request I signed for them since they do not know letters […]
[…] at her request I wrote for her since she does not know letters. † † Ioannakis […]
[…] Flavius Georgios son of Isakios […], I bear witness.
[…] Flavius Pistois son of Dios, I bear witness to the security, having heard it from the parties.
† Executed through me, Kyrillos, deacon and notary.
[verso]
† Security of Theodoros, servant, and Sousanna his wife.
The sum lent and the interest rate are lost. Theodoros is called oiketes, a household servant or dependant, which is unusual for a borrower.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.