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Acknowledgement of a loan of 120 drachmas TM 28735unbekannt1. Hälfte II

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A private acknowledgement of a loan in which Agathos also called Mysthes declares that he has received 120 drachmas from a woman, daughter of Hysis, at the interest rate of one drachma per mina (monthly). He promises repayment and confirms that her claims on his other debts remain unaffected. It dates to the first half of the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Agathos also called Mysthes, son of Herakleides also called Ninnos. I have received from […]ssa daughter of Hysis the 120 drachmas as a loan at interest of one drachma per mina per […] […], without prejudice to her regarding the other sums I owe her in accordance with the documents she holds from me, and I will repay everything as stated above.

Interest of one drachma per mina usually means per month, i.e. 12% a year, the standard rate in Roman Egypt. The lender's name is only partly preserved.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prêt d’argent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.ifao.1.28

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Hälfte II

Ἀγαθὸς ὁ καὶ Μύσθης Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ καὶ Νίννου. ἔχω παρὰ …[…]σσας Ὕσεως τὰς δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χρῆσιν τόκου δραχμαίου τῇ μνᾷ κατὰ[…]…[…]… μὴ ἐλαττουμένης αὐτῆς ὑπὲρ ὧν ἄλλων ὀφείλω αὐτῇ ἀκολούθως οἷςἔχει μου γράμμασι καὶ ἀποδώσω ἅπαντα καθὼς πρόκειται