A loan contract in which Aurelius Apphous, a priest of Zeus and Hera at Oxyrhynchus, acknowledges receiving 2 talents 4000 drachmas from the town councillor Aurelius Aphthonios, to be repaid by 2 Pachon with interest due if late. It was written in duplicate at Oxyrhynchus on 29 March 322; the first copy survives only in part.
In English machine translation
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[In the year after the consulship of] our [masters] Lici[nius Augustus for the 6th time and Licinius the most illus]trious [Caesar for the 2nd time, for the consuls to be designated] for the 2nd time, [Pharmouthi] 3.
[Aurelius Apphous son of Theon], his mother being Thermouthis, [from the splendid and most splendid city of the Oxyrhynch]ites, [priest of Zeus and Hera and bearer in procession] of the divine [busts and of their Victory], to Au]relius [Aphthonios son of Stratonikos, former magistrate], councillor of the […]
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In the year after the consulship of our masters Licinius Augustus for the 6th time and Licinius the most illustrious Caesar for the 2nd time, for the consuls to be designated for the 2nd time, Pharmouthi 3.
Aurelius Apphous son of Theon, his mother being Thermouthis, from the splendid and most splendid city of the Oxyrhynchites, priest of Zeus and Hera and bearer in procession of the divine busts and of their Victory, to Aurelius Aphthonios son of Stratonikos, former magistrate, councillor of the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you as a loan, from hand to hand out of your house, two talents and four thousand drachmas of silver of the coinage of the Augusti, total 2 talents 4000 drachmas, which I will of necessity repay to you by the second of Pachon of the present year 16, 14, 6, without any delay or evasion; otherwise I will pay you for the overdue time the interest agreed between us for each mina for each month, you having the right of execution against me and against all my property. This bond, written in duplicate, is valid wherever it is produced and for anyone who produces it on your behalf, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
I, Aurelius Apphous, have received as a loan the two talents and four thousand drachmas of silver and will repay as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Zoilos, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters.
Written through me, Sotas.
The regnal year '16, 14, 6' refers to the joint years of Licinius, Constantine and the Caesars. The 'komastes' was a priest who carried the sacred images in procession.
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.