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Interest-free loan of bronze money from Apollonia to Nechoutes and his wife TM 255Pathyris14. Mai 129 v.Chr.

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An interest-free loan contract drawn up before the agoranomos at Pathyris in 129 BC. Apollonia, with her husband the cavalry officer Dryton as guardian, lends 1 talent 5,030 bronze drachmas to Nechoutes (also called Aniketos) and his wife Nikaia, who are jointly liable for repayment.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 41, Pharmouthi 23, at Pathyris, before Aniketos, agoranomos. Apollonia daughter of Ptolemaios, Cyrenaean, with her guardian, her husband Dryton son of Pamphilos, Cretan, of the diadochoi and of the reserve, hipparch over men, has lent to Aniketos son of Ptolemaios, also called Nechoutes son of Panobchounis, Persian, of those from Pathyris, and to Nikaia […] also called Nechoutis daughter of P[…]…ais, Persian woman, with her guardian, her husband Nechoutes, the above-written, who is also co-borrower, 1 talent 5,030 drachmas of bronze coin, without interest. […] [The borrowers themselves are sureties for one another for payment of all the obligations under the loan.] And Apollonia shall have the right of execution against the borrowers, both against each one of them and against whichever she chooses, and against all their property, as if by a court judgment. I, Areios, deputy of Aniketos, have registered it. [recto, subscription] Aniketos son of Panobchounis, to Kephalon son of Panobchounis. [verso, 1] […] Repayment […] year 42, to Kephalon. [verso, 2] Loan of Apollonia to Nechoutes, 1 talent 5,030 (drachmas) of bronze.

"Persian" here is a legal-ethnic status label common in Ptolemaic contracts, not a sign of actual Persian origin. The amount in the body is partly restored from the docket on the verso.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Greek 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 · 14. Mai 129 v.Chr. · Pathyris

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