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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

Aurelius Theognostos also called Moros, son of Hermaios also called Pathotes, grandson of Achilleus, Hermopolite, registered in the East City quarter, to Aurelia Dioskorous, my sister by the same parents, with her guardian Aurelius Pinoution also called Kopreus, greetings. I acknowledge that I have from you on deposit, free of all risk and not subject to any deduction, 600 drachmas of silver, total 600 silver drachmas, which I will return to you whenever you choose without delay, or I will pay according to the law of deposits, the right of execution being yours against me and against all my property, as if by a court judgment; and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Year 6 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Mesore 7. I, Aurelius Alkimion also called Agathos Daimon, wrote the body of the document. I, Aurelius Theognostos also called Moros, son of Hermaios, have and will return the 600 drachmas as stated above.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 31. Juli 227 · Hermopolis

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 …