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
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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