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A contract in which Aurelius Papnouthis son of Paesios, a villager of the Oxyrhynchite nome, acknowledges receiving a loan of 6 2/3 artabas of wheat, interest included, from Flavius Apollonios, a former official and landowner. It was written in January 379 at Oxyrhynchos, and the repayment terms are lost.
The phrase 'capital from a third' indicates the stated amount already includes interest of one third (50% on the principal of 4 1/3 artabas would not match; the principal was about 5 artabas). 'Former dikaiodotes' renders a Greek title for the iuridicus, a high judicial official.
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 Grain). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Οὐάλεντος τὸ ϛ καὶ Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τὸ β τῶν αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων Τῦβι ι Φλαουίῳ Ἀπολλωνίῳ ἀπὸ δικαιοδοτῶν καὶ […] γεουχοῦντι ἐν τῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτῃ Αὐρήλιος Παπνοῦθις Παησίου ἀπὸ κώμης […]γ πάγου τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι καὶ παραμ…
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