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Loan of money from Zenon to Demokles, repayable in wheat TM 2302Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt248 B.C.

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A loan contract in which Demokles son of Lyson, a cleruch holding 100 arouras in the Arsinoite nome, acknowledges receiving 20 silver drachmas from Zenon, agent of the finance minister Apollonios, repayable in 40 artabas of wheat in Pauni of year 37. It dates to year 36 of Ptolemy II (248 BC) and comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy Soter, year thirty-six, when Epainetos son of Epainetos was priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods, and Echetime daughter of Mennes was kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos, in the month […], on the […], and of the Egyptians Pharmouthi 9, […]. Demokles son of Lyson, a Heraklean, one of the […] in the Arsinoite nome, holder of 100 arouras, from the village […], acknowledges that he has received from Zenon son of Agreophon, a Kaunian, one of the staff of Apollonios the dioiketes, 20 drachmas of silver […] of this silver, for which he will deliver at Pharbaitha in the same nome 40 artabas of wheat, measured by the receiving measure, […] in the month Pauni of the thirty-seventh year. If he does not deliver within the stated time, let him pay to Zenon as the price of each artaba 2 drachmas, and let the right of execution belong to Zenon and to whoever presents the contract on behalf of Zenon. Witnesses. [Second copy] In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy Soter, year thirty-six, when Epainetos son of Epainetos was priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods, and Echetime daughter of Mennes was kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos […]

This is an advance sale of wheat: money paid now for grain delivered after harvest, with a penalty price of 2 drachmas per artaba. The 'receiving measure' (dochikon metron) was a standard measure used for grain intake.

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

Contract of loan

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Corn. Inv. II 3 · 248 B.C. · Philadelpheia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt

Contract in which Demokles acknowledges the loan given to him by Zenon.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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