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Loan of 848 silver drachmas from Diodoros to Dionysios also called Ploution TM 21162Oxyrhynchos20. Nov. 140

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A handwritten loan acknowledgement (cheirographon) in which Dionysios also called Ploution of Oxyrhynchos confirms receiving 848 silver drachmas from Diodoros of the same city, promising repayment later in the fourth year of Antoninus Pius, with a 50% penalty and interest if late. Dated 20 November AD 140.

In English machine translation

Dionysios also called Ploution […] son of Dionysios […] from the city of Oxyrhynchos, to Diodoros […] from the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you, from hand to hand out of the house, 848 drachmas of silver of the imperial coinage, to which nothing at all has been added, which I will also repay to you on the thirtieth of […] month of the current fourth year of Antoninus Caesar the lord. If I do not repay as written, I will pay you the principal now set out with half again as much, and interest at one drachma (per mina per month) for the overdue time, you having the right of execution upon me and upon all my property, as if by a court judgment. This my autograph note of hand, of Dionysios also called Ploution, is valid wherever it is produced and for anyone who produces it. Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Hathyr 24.

The 'drachma interest' (tokos drachmiaios) means one drachma per mina per month, i.e. 12% a year. The month of repayment 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 Prêt d’argent). 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 · 20. Nov. 140 · Oxyrhynchos

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