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Loan of one talent to the gravedigger Petechon TM 23142Fundort: Kysis (Oasis Magna, Ägypten); Schreibort: Hibis ? (Oasis Magna, Ägypten)15. Febr. 304

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Two copies of a loan contract in which the gravedigger Petechon son of Polydeukes acknowledges receiving one talent and promises to repay it with interest, pledging all his property and his gravedigging assignment as security. It was written in AD 304 in the Great Oasis, with Aurelius Apolinarios signing for the illiterate borrower.

In English machine translation

[column i] […] and apart from the […] […] and if I do not pay you in full, you shall be entitled to be paid in full from all my property. This security, written in two copies, shall be valid and guaranteed as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Year 20 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and year 12 of our lords Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, Mecheir 20. I, Petechon son of Polydeukes, gravedigger, have received the aforesaid one talent and I will repay it with interest as stated above. I, Aurelius Apolinarios, wrote on his behalf, at his request, since he does not know letters. [column ii] […] you shall be entitled to be paid in full from all my property or from the aforesaid gravedigger's assignment. This security, written in two copies, shall be valid and guaranteed as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Year 20 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and year 12 of our lords Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, Mecheir 20. I, Petechon son of Polydeukes, gravedigger, have received the aforesaid one talent and I will repay it with interest as stated above. I, Aurelius Apolinarios, wrote on his behalf, at his request, since he does not know letters.

The 'gravedigger's assignment' (nekrotaphike taxis) was the gravedigger's allotted district or clientele of burials, which could be pledged as security. The opening of both copies, naming the lender and terms, is lost.

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 Money). 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 · 15. Febr. 304 · Fundort: Kysis (Oasis Magna, Ägypten); Schreibort: Hibis ? (Oasis Magna, Ägypten)

[column i] [… ? lines lost …] […] καὶ χωρὶς τοῦ […]…[…] […]… ἐὰν δὲ μή σοιπληρώσω, ἐξεῖναί σοι πληρωθῆναι ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν πάντων. ἡ ἀσϕάλεια αὕτη δισσὴ γραϕεῖσα κυρία ἔστω καὶ βεβαία ὡς ἐν δημοσίῳ κατακειμένη καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ἔτους κ τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ Μαξιμια…

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Loan of Money

Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Papyrology Rooms 89 A/97(a) · 15. Febr. 304 · Fundort: Kysis (Oasis Magna, Ägypten); Schreibort: Hibis ? (Oasis Magna, Ägypten)