Loan [Fall 306 AD]
Loan of 5 artabas of barley
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 22275
Loan of 5 artabas of barley from a veteran TM 22275Oxyrhynchos306 CE
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Opening of a loan contract from Oxyrhynchos in which Aurelius Ar…eus son of Ammonios, from a village of the Oxyrhynchite nome, acknowledges receiving a loan of 5 artabas of barley from a veteran named Ammon. It is dated by the consulship of Maximianus (6th time) and the deified Constantius, in AD 306.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of our lord Emperor Maximianus Augustus for the 6th time and of Constantius […] who is among the gods.
Aurelius Ar…eus son of Ammonios, from the village of […]…eis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, to […]a…os Ammon, veteran, and however you are styled, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you as a loan 5 artabas of barley
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The consular formula refers to the late Constantius as 'among the gods', placing the text after his death in July 306. The terms of repayment are lost with the rest of the document.
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 Barley). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.10.283
ὑπατίας τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν αὐτοκράτορος Μαξιμιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ϛ καὶ Κωνσταντίου […] τοῦ ἐν θεοῖς Αὐρήλιος Αρ…ευς Ἀμμωνίου ἀπὸ κώμης[…]…εως τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ[…]α…ῳ Ἄμμωνι οὐετρανῷ καὶ ὡς χρηματίζεις χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι παρὰ σοῦ ἐν χρήσει κριθῆς ἀρτάβας πέντε […]…[…]…[…] ……