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Loan of money and wheat by Petronilla to Pasion and Phasis TM 27868Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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A loan contract drawn up at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome in Thoth of a 15th regnal year, probably of Antoninus Pius. Petronilla, acting through her agent Lucius Herennius Heron, lends 160 silver drachmas at monthly interest to Pasion and Phasis, who stand surety for each other, and they are to repay the capital together with 15 artabas of wheat.

In English machine translation

Year 15 of Imperator Caesar […] […], month Sebastos Thoth, at Philadelphia in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome. Cho… also called Petronilla, through her agent Lucius Herennius Heron, about 58 years old, without distinguishing mark, [lent] to Pasion son of Rhodon, freedman of Pasion, about 50 years old, with a mark on the right eye, and to Phasis son of Sokmenis, about 40 years old, with a scar on the right forearm, the two being mutual sureties for payment, a capital sum of 160 silver drachmas, from hand to hand, at interest of 1 drachma per mina per month; and the capital itself and 15 artabas of wheat by the measure of the same Petronilla the borrowers shall repay to the lender Petronilla or to her representatives in the month […] of the current 15th year of Antoninus […] […]

The restored mention of Antoninus suggests year 15 of Antoninus Pius (AD 151/152). Interest of one drachma per mina per month equals 12% a year, the usual rate.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mutuo di danaro). 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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p.flor.3.316

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ἔτους πεντεκαιδεκάτου αὐτοκράτορος καίσαρος […] […], μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ Θώθ, ἐν Φιλαδελφείᾳ τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἐδάνεισεν Χο… ἡ καὶ Πετρωνίλλα, διὰ φροντιστοῦ Λουκίου Ἑρεννίου Ἥρωνος ὡς ἐτῶν πεντηκονταοκτὼ ἀσήμου, Πασίωνι Ῥοδῶνος ἀπελευθέρου Πασίωνος ὡς ἐτῶν…