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Fragment of a loan contract secured by a mortgage on one aroura of land, in favour of a lender named Pemnas. The borrower undertakes not to sell or otherwise encumber the land while the contract is in force and to keep it free of debts and charges. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
The whole surviving text is enclosed in deletion brackets, meaning the scribe cancelled it. The aroura was a land measure of about 0.68 acres (about 0.28 hectares).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehen mit Hypothek). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
καθότι ἐὰν αἱρῆται πρὸς ἣνἣμ μὴ ἐξεῖναι νωι ἐφʼ ὃν χρόνον ἀπερίλυτός ἐστιν ἡ συγγραφὴ ται οὐδʼ ἄλλωι καταχρηματίζειν ἢ τὸ παρὰ ταῦτα χρηματισθησόμενον ἄκυρον εἶναι καὶ ἐπάναγκον παρέξεται ὁ δεδανεισμένος τῶι Πεμνᾷ καὶ τοῖς παρʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν μίαν ἄρουραν καθαρὰν ἀπό τε ἐξαλλοτριώσεως…
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