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Repayment of a barley loan by three brothers to Petesouchos TM 238Pathyris19. Juni 118 v.Chr.

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A notarial acknowledgement drawn up before the agoranomos Heliodoros at Pathyris, recording that three brothers, Pmois, Psenthotes and Psenenoupis, repaid Petesouchos son of Pasas 120 artabas of barley plus interest on a loan made two years earlier. It dates to 19 June 118 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 52, Pauni 1, at Pathyris, before Heliodoros, agoranomos. Pmois and Psenthotes and Psenenoupis, sons of Psenthotes, have measured out to Petesouchos son of Pasas, Persian of the epigone, 120 artabas of barley and the interest on them, which he lent to them according to a loan contract deposited at the same record office in year 50, Choiak; and he, being present at the record office, […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Repayment of Pmois and his brothers: barley 120.

Year 52 is of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II. A 'Persian of the epigone' was a legal status designation often used for debtors and creditors in Ptolemaic contracts, with no exact English equivalent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 19. Juni 118 v.Chr. · Pathyris

[r] ἔτους νβ Παῦνι α ἐν Παθύρει ἐφʼ Ἡλιοδώρου ἀγορανόμου. μεμέτρηκεν Πμόις καὶ Ψενθώτης καὶ Ψενενοῦπις οἱ Ψενθώτου Πετεσούχωι Πασᾶτος Πέρσῃ τῆς ἐπιγονῆς κριθῶν ἀρτάβας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι καὶ τοὺς τούτων τόκους, ἅς ἐδάνεισεν αὐτοῖς κατὰ συνγραφὴν δανείου τὴν τεθεῖσαν ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀρχε…