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Loan of barley seed signed for Aurelius Petenouphis TM 21084Oxyrhynchites363 - 364

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End of a loan contract in which Aurelius Petenouphis acknowledges receiving 30 artabas of barley, probably as seed, and promises to repay them without delay. Because he was illiterate, Aurelius Alitis signed for him. From the Oxyrhynchite nome, AD 363-364.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] without delay and without any dispute, the right of execution belonging to you. The document, written in a single copy, is valid. Year 40, year 9, year (…). I, Aurelius Petenouphis, the aforesaid, have received and owe the 30 artabas of barley and will repay you as stated above. I, Aurelius Alitis, wrote on [his behalf, since he does not know letters.]

The date uses the era years of Oxyrhynchus (year 40 and 9 correspond to 363/4); the third year number is not given. The opening of the contract, with the lender's name, is lost.

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 Seed - barley). 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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p.harr.1.145

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 363 - 364 · Oxyrhynchites

[… ? lines lost …] ἀνυπερθέτως καὶ ἄνευ πάσης ἀντιλογίας, γινομένης σοὶ τῆς πράξεως. κύρια τὰ γράμματα ἁπλᾶ γραφέντα. ἔτους μ ἔτους θ ἔτους. Αὐρήλιος Πετενοῦφις ὁ προκείμενος ἔσχον καὶ ὀφείλω τὰς τῶν κριθῶν ἀρτάβας τριάκοντα καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι ὡς πρόκιται. Αὐρήλιος Ἀλῖτις ἔγραψα ὑπὲ…