A Ptolemaic double contract recording a loan of wheat from Diogenes son of Zenobios to Zotichos son of Eupolis, an Athenian of the epigone, to be repaid in the following year at Tholthis, with a penalty of 10 drachmas per artaba for default. It was drawn up at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome in year 8 of Ptolemy IV.
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In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, the Benefactor Gods, in the eighth year, when the priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods and the Benefactor Gods and the Father-loving Gods was Ptolemy son of Ptolemy son of Stasikrates, and the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos was Arsinoe daughter of Sosibios, in the month Xandikos, at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome. Diogenes son of Zenobios, […] of the epigone, has lent to Zotichos son of Eupolis, Athenian of the epigone, […] artabas of wheat […]. Let Zotichos repay this grain to Diogenes in the month Dystros of the ninth year, as wheat clean and unadulterated, by the just measure of 1 choinix (?), with just measurement, and let him deliver it to Tholthis, wherever Diogenes directs, at his own expense. If he does not repay as written, let Zotichos pay Diogenes as the price of each artaba of wheat 10 drachmas, and let Diogenes have the right of execution against Zotichos according to the regulation. This contract shall be valid wherever it is produced. Witnesses.
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In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, the Benefactor Gods, in the eighth year, when the priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods and the Benefactor Gods and the Father-loving Gods was Ptolemy son of Ptolemy son of Stasikrates, and the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos was Arsinoe daughter of Sosibios, in the month Xandikos, at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome. Diogenes son of Zenobios […] of the epigone has lent to Zotichos son of Eupolis, Athenian of the epigone, […] artabas of wheat […]. Let Zotichos repay this grain to Diogenes in the month Dystros of the ninth year, as wheat clean and unadulterated, by the just measure with just measurement, and let him deliver it to Tholthis, wherever Diogenes directs, at his own expense. If he does not repay as written, let Zotichos pay Diogenes as the price of each artaba of wheat 10 drachmas, and let Diogenes have the right of execution against Zotichos according to the regulation. This contract shall be valid wherever it is produced. Witnesses.
The quantity of wheat lent is lost. "Epigone" refers to descendants of Greek settlers in Egypt, a status category without an exact English equivalent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Getreidedarlehen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.