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Acknowledgment of a loan of 1,200 silver drachmas TM 22331Hermopolis (?)4. Dez. 247

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A private acknowledgment of debt (cheirographon) in which Aurelius […], son of Saras, confirms receiving a loan of 1,200 silver drachmas with interest, to be repaid in Thoth of the following year. It was written by Aurelius Metrodorion alias Eutychides for the illiterate borrower, probably at Hermopolis, in December 247.

In English machine translation

[…] [… greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you] by hand, out of the house, an interest-bearing loan, at the rate of one drachma per mina of capital (?), together with interest, 1,200 silver drachmas, total 1,200 drachmas of silver, which I will repay to you in the month of Thoth of the coming 6th year of Marcus Iulius Philippus and Marcus Iulius Philippus, Caesars, the lords Augusti, without delay, you having the right of execution upon me and upon all my property, as if by legal judgment. This sole autograph contract I have issued to you, which is valid and guaranteed as if deposited in a public archive, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent. Year 5 of the Emperors Caesars Marcus Iulius Philippus and Marcus Iulius Philippus, Pious, Fortunate, Augusti, Choiak 7. I, Aurelius […], son of Saras, have received and will repay the 1,200 drachmas of silver as stated above. I, Aurelius Metrodorion also called Eutychides, who also drew up the document, wrote the above security on his behalf, since he does not know letters.

The opening with the names of the parties is lost. The phrase rendered as the interest rate is a restored technical expression (drachmiaios), referring to interest of one drachma per mina per month, i.e. 12% a year.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 4. Dez. 247 · Hermopolis (?)

[… ? lines lost …] [… 2 lines lost …] χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι παρά σου διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου χρῆσιν ἔντοκον δραχμιαῖον κεφαλαίου σὺν τόκῳ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς χιλίας διακοσίας γίνονται ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ Ασ, ἃς καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι τῷ Θῶθ μηνὶ τοῦ εἰσιόντος ϛ ἔτους Μάρκων Ἰουλίων Φιλίππων …