Fragment of a bank loan contract from the Hermopolite nome TM 21242Hermopolites138 - 160

Fragment of a loan contract from the Hermopolite nome in the reign of Antoninus Pius. A man from the village of Skordon in the Upper Patemites toparchy borrows money through the bank of Hermaios son of Dioskoros and partners for twenty-four months at interest, apparently with property including a courtyard as security.

In English machine translation

Kaisareios is the Roman honorific name for the Egyptian month Mesore. The interest rate of one drachma (per mina per month, i.e. 12% a year) is restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di contratto di mutuo). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.