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A receipt in which a man whose name is lost, son of Mnesitheos, acknowledges that Mnesitheos son of Petesouchos has repaid a loan of 125 artabas of wheat with its interest, and he renounces all further claims. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in July AD 42, under the emperor Claudius.
The name of the issuer of the receipt is lost at the start. The word translated 'interest' (diaphora) can also mean the additional charges or difference owed on the loan.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Repayment of Loan). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ο[…]…[…]Μνησιθέου Μνησιθέωι Πετεσούχου χαίρειν. ἀπέχω παρὰ σοῦ ἃς ὀφειλεις μοι κατὰ χειρόγραφον πυροῦ ἀρταβῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πέντε καὶ τὰ τούτων διάφορα καὶ οὐδὲν σοὶ ἐγκαλῶ περὶ οὐδενὸς ἁπλῶς μέχρι τῆς ἐνεστώσης ἡμέρας. ἔτους β Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκ…
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