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Interest-free loan of bronze money from Ptolemaios to Diotimos TM 2704Tholthis (Oxyrhynchites)213 - 212 v.Chr.
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A Ptolemaic contract of an interest-free loan of bronze money from Ptolemaios, a Macedonian of the epigone, to Diotimos son of Poseidonios, repayable in Gorpiaios of the same tenth year. It was drawn up at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome in the reign of Ptolemy IV, 213-212 BC.
In English machine translation
In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, the Benefactor Gods, in the tenth year, when Pythangelos son of Philokleitos was priest of Alexander and the Savior Gods and the Sibling Gods and the Benefactor Gods and the Father-loving Gods, and Agathokleia daughter of Diognetos was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos, in the month Gorpiaios, at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome. Ptolemaios son of […]akritos, Macedonian of the epigone, has lent to Diotimos son of Poseidonios, of the Lysimacheian (deme), not yet enrolled, without interest, in bronze coin, openly before the witnesses written below, […] drachmas.
Let Diotimos repay to Ptolemaios the […] drachmas of the loan in the month Gorpiaios of the tenth year. If he does not repay as written, let Diotimos pay to Ptolemaios the […] drachmas […], and let Ptolemaios have the right of execution against Diotimos, exacting it according to the ordinance. This contract shall be valid wherever it is produced.
Witnesses: […]
The amount of the loan and the penalty sum are lost. Much of the formulaic text is restored by the editor; 'epigone' denotes descendants of military settlers, and 'not yet enrolled' refers to a status not yet registered in the military rolls.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gelddarlehen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
bgu.14.2396
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