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A loan acknowledgement in which the borrower confirms receiving an interest-bearing loan of 16 silver drachmas and 1 1/3 artabas of barley, to be repaid in the 13th year of Hadrian. It comes from the Hermopolite nome and dates to AD 128-129.
The names of the parties and the repayment month are lost. The 'Athenian sixth-measure' is a standard dry measure used for grain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prestito di danaro ed orzo). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]…[…] χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι παρά σου διὰ χειρὸς ἐξ οἴκου χρῆσιν ἔντοκον κεφαλαίου ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς δεκαὲξ καὶ κριθῆς ἀρτάβην μίαν τρίτον, γίνονται ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ ιϛ καὶ κριθῆς ἀρτάβη α γ. πάντα δὲ ἀποδώσω καὶ μετρήσω σοι ἐν τῶι […]μηνὶ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος τρισκαιδεκάτου ἔτους …
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