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Loan with mortgage on a house share in the Dromos of Thoeris quarter TM 26671from Oxyrhynchite nomeEarly II CE

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Fragment of a loan contract from Oxyrhynchos, early 2nd century AD, in which the borrower promises to repay capital and monthly interest by Thoth 10 of the coming year. If he defaults, the lender gains permanent ownership of the borrower's share of a house in the Dromos of Thoeris quarter, which the borrower guarantees free of all claims and liabilities.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] for each mina per month, each month [from the present month] [...] [...] I will of necessity repay you both the [...] [...] by the 10th of the month Thoth [of the coming] [year] [...] [...]. Otherwise, I agree that there shall remain with you, [in place of the capital and] [the interest, the possession] and ownership for all time of [the share belonging to me] [...] [...] [in] the quarter of the Dromos of Thoeris, of a house [and courtyard and yard and] [entrances and exits and] fixtures and all appurtenances, [whose neighbours are: on the south] [...] [...], on the north Alia also called Diogenis, [on the east] [...] [...], on the west [...] Ptollarion, and however it is described [...] [...] [after the] stated term [...] [to possess and own the aforesaid] house and all that goes with it [...] [...] to use and manage it [as you choose, no] [claim being left to me or to anyone else on my behalf against] it or any part of it [in] [any way; and further I will of necessity] guarantee it to you [always against all with every] [guarantee, and free from] registration of men and cultivation [of royal and estate] [land and every kind of] debt and every lien [public and private] [and from anything else whatsoever]; and anyone [who comes forward or] [makes a claim on account of it] or part of it in any way whatsoever I will of necessity [repel at once at] [my own expense, as if by a court judgment], [...] [...]

The Dromos of Thoeris was a quarter of Oxyrhynchus named after the processional way of the goddess Thoeris. Much of the formulaic wording is restored from parallel contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contract of a Loan with Mortgage). 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 · frühes II · Oxyrhynchos

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