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Acknowledgement of a gold loan with promise of repayment, Jeme TM 23208Theben725 - 726 (?)

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A Coptic acknowledgement of debt in which Pseros son of Shai, of the village (kastron) of Jeme near Thebes, confirms a loan of one solidus and one tremissis and promises to repay it with interest in the month of Paone. Three witnesses sign and the scribe Petros son of Theophilos wrote it, in a ninth indiction year, probably AD 725/726.

In English machine translation

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Written […] of the ninth indiction. I, Pseros son of the blessed Shai, in the kastron of Jeme in the nome of the city of Hermonthis, write to […] son of the blessed Joseph (?), in the kastron of Jeme in the nome of the one city of Hermonthis: Since need arose, I besought him (you), and you gave me one solidus and one tremissis. Now I owe them to you cleanly and without dispute, and I will give them to you with their interest in Paone […] […] again, they shall be […] for the solidus and tremissis. If I do not give, they shall be against him (me) without any word of dispute. I, Ananias son of Andreas, am witness. I, Severos son of Samuel, am witness. I, O[…], am witness. Written by me, Petros son of Theophilos.

A solidus (holokottinos) was the standard gold coin and a tremissis was one third of a solidus. Some lines about the repayment terms are damaged, so the penalty clause is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rückzahlungsversprechen). 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 · 725 - 726 (?) · Theben

ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐγράφη […] ἰνδικτίωνος ἐννάτης ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲯⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡμακάριος ϣⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡκάστρον ϫⲏⲙⲉ ϩⲁ ⲡνομός ⲛⲧⲓπόλις ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ […] ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡμακάριος …ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ϩⲙ ⲡκάστρον ϫⲏⲙⲉ ϩⲁ ⲡνομός ⲛⲧⲓπόλις ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ ϫⲉ ἐπειδή ⲁⲧⲉχρεία ϣⲟⲡⲉ ⲁⲓπαρα…