Acknowledgment of a deposit of 600 drachmas from a brother to his sister TM 22727Hermopolis31. Juli 227
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A deposit acknowledgment in which Aurelius Theognostos alias Moros of Hermopolis confirms holding 600 silver drachmas on deposit from his full sister Aurelia Dioskorous, promising to return them on demand. It was drawn up on 31 July 227 in Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
Loans were often disguised as deposits (parathēkē), since the law of deposits allowed harsher penalties for non-return. Some names in the opening lines are restored.
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.
p.lond.3.943
Αὐρήλιος Θεόγνωστος ὁ καὶ Μῶρος Ἑρμαίου τοῦ καὶ Παθώτου Ἀχιλλέως Ἑρμοπολίτης ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπὶ Πόλεως Ἀπηλιώτου Αὐρηλίᾳ Διοσκοροῦτι ἀδελφῇ μου τῶν αὐτῶν γονέων μετὰ τοῦ αὐτῆς κυρίου Αὐρηλίου Πινουτίωνος τοῦ καὶ Κοπρέουχαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν παρὰ σοῦ ἐν παραθέσει ἀκίνδυνον παντὸς …