Contract of loan
Contract in which Demokles acknowledges the loan given to him by Zenon.
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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.
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 in which Demokles acknowledges the loan given to him by Zenon.
βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου Σωτῆρος ἔτους ἕκτου καὶ τριακοστοῦ ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἐπαινέτου τοῦ Ἐπαινέτου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Ἐχειτίμης τῆς Μεννέου μηνὸς[…]ηι Αἰγυπτίων δὲ Φαρμοῦθι ἐνάτηι […]ὁμολογεῖ Δημοκλὴς Λύσωνος Ἡράκλειος τῶν […]ἐν τῶ…
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