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Beginning of a loan contract to Aristolochos TM 2686Tholthis? (Oxyrhynchites)212 - 211 v.Chr.

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Opening of a loan contract drawn up at Tholthis (?) in the Oxyrhynchite nome in year 11 of Ptolemy IV Philopator (212-211 BC). Only the dating formula, the verb 'lent', the borrower's name Aristolochos and a reference to the Epigone survive.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, the Benefactor Gods, in the eleventh year, in the priesthood of […] of Alexander and the Savior Gods and the Sibling Gods and the Benefactor Gods and the Father-loving Gods, the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos being Ptolemais daughter of Dionysios, in the month […], at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome. […] lent […] to Aristolochos […] of the Epigone […]

Most of the dating formula is restored from standard Ptolemaic protocol. 'Of the Epigone' (tes epigones) designates a class of descendants of military settlers, used as a status marker for parties in Ptolemaic contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehen). 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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bgu.10.1965

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 212 - 211 v.Chr. · Tholthis? (Oxyrhynchites)

Βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Βερενίκης θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους ἑνδεκάτου ἐφʼ ἱερέως[…]Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Σωτήρων καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Πτολεμαίδος τῆς Διονυσίου μηνὸς[…]εν Θώλθει τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ. ἐ…