A loan contract from Oxyrhynchus under the emperor Claudius in which Sinthoonis, daughter of Theon, lends silver drachmas to two women, one of them Dionysia daughter of Sarapion. Instead of interest, Sinthoonis and her household are to live in part of the borrowers' house for two years, after which the capital is repaid, with penalties for breach.
In English machine translation
[fragment 1]
Year [...]tenth of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month of Kaisareios, 5th intercalary day, in the city of Oxyrhynchus [of the Thebaid].
Sinthoonis daughter of Theon, of those from the city of Oxyrhynchus, [with her guardian], her son Harthoonis son of Harthoonis [...], has lent to [...] and Dionysia daughter of Sarapion, both [with guardians, the first] [...]os, Persian of the descent, and Dionysia [...], [...] drachmas of silver of the Augustan and Ptolemaic coinage as capital, to which nothing at all has been added, on condition that, in place of the interest on them, Sinthoonis and those [brought in by her] shall dwell in the atrium, and in the other, above [...]
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[fragment 2]
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[...] for a period of two years from the [present ...] year [...], Sinthoonis and those brought in by her [using the house and] the gateway and the roof [and the courtyard and the entrance and exit and all the other appurtenances] without hindrance, neither [the borrowers nor anyone else] having the right to expel Sinthoonis [or those from her within the period] of residence until [the period is completed; and let] the borrowers [guarantee the residence] to her [...] [with every guarantee]. When the period is completed, [let] the borrowers [repay] to Sinthoonis the [... drachmas of silver] [...]. [If] they violate the contract [and do not act as written] [...], let the borrowers pay [to Sinthoonis, for] failing to guarantee the residence [as stated, ... drachmas of silver] and the same amount to the public treasury, [and the silver from whatever time they violate the contract, with] the appropriate [interest] [...] [...] each other's [sureties for payment] [...]
This is an antichretic arrangement: the lender's use of the dwelling replaces interest on the loan. The phrase 'Persian of the descent' is a legal status label common in loan contracts of the period.'
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.