Draft acknowledgment of an interest-bearing loan of 16 drachmas TM 24378Oberägypten (?)136 - 137 (?)

A draft acknowledgment of a loan of 16 silver drachmas at interest, in which the borrower promises repayment by a set day of the current 21st year and accepts penalty interest and execution against his property if late. The names of the parties are lost, and the date clause was left with blank placeholders ('month, day').

In English machine translation

The text appears to be a model or draft: the final date reads literally 'Year 21, month, day', with no actual month or day filled in. Year 21 presumably refers to Hadrian's reign (AD 136-137).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Projet de contrat de prêt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.