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Loan contract with Belistiche of Tyre as lender TM 2835Oxyrhynchos30. Okt. 240 v.Chr.

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Opening of a loan contract written at Oxyrhynchos in 240 BC, in the reign of Ptolemy III. The lender is a Tyrian woman, Belistiche, acting with a guardian; the rest of the contract, including the borrower and the terms, is lost.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Arsinoe, the Brother-and-Sister Gods, [in the eighth year, when Onomas]tos son of Pyrgon was priest of Alexander and of the Brother-and-Sister Gods and of the Benefactor Gods, [and when the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos was] Archestrate daughter of Ktesikles, on the eleventh of the month Loios, at Oxyrhyn[chon Polis in the Thebaid. Lent] Belistiche daughter of Mn…ios, Tyrian, with her guardian […] […]

The text survives only up to the lender's name; the word 'lent' and the regnal year are editorial restorations. Women in Greek law needed a male guardian (kyrios) to make 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 Loan). 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.hib.2.262

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 30. Okt. 240 v.Chr. · Oxyrhynchos

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Ἀρσινόης θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν ἔτους ὀγδόου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ὀνομάστου τοῦ Πύργωνος Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Ἀρχεστράτης τῆς Κτησικλέους μηνὸς Λώιου ἑνδεκάτηι ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων πόλει τῆς Θηβαΐδος. ἐδάνεισε…