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Acknowledgment of debt by a soldier to a notary for a gold solidus TM 22641Apollonopolis Heptakomias

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A handwritten acknowledgment of debt by the soldier Flavius Psensoerios son of Anoubion to the notary Ioannes son of Akindynos, both of Apollonopolis. He owes one gold solidus less two carats for the return of an earlier bond and promises repayment on demand with legal interest. It was written on Epeiph 15 of a fourth indiction.

In English machine translation

[recto] † To my lord and esteemed brother Ioannes son of Akindynos, honourable notary, from the city of the Apollonopolites, from Flavius Psensoerios son of Anoubion, soldier, from the same city. I acknowledge that I owe and am indebted to your brotherliness, firmly, on account of the return of my earlier bond, one gold solidus less two carats by your standard, total 1 gold solidus less 2 carats, and this I am ready, God willing, to provide to your brotherliness whenever you wish, with the legal interest of one per cent monthly until repayment and completion of the same one solidus, and for the security of your brotherliness I have made this security for her, and it is my holograph in my own hand. I have issued it as set out above. I, Flavius Psensoerios, soldier, the aforementioned, the security for the aforementioned one solidus less two carats is satisfactory to me, and I will repay it with the interest as set out above. Written Epeiph 15, of the fourth indiction. † [verso] † Security of Psensoerios son of Anoubion, soldier, for 1 gold solidus less 2 carats.

"Hundredth" (hekatostiaios) interest means 1 per cent per month, i.e. 12 per cent a year. The debt is expressed as a solidus minus two carats (keratia), with carats as twenty-fourths of a solidus.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · Apollonopolis Heptakomias

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