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Loan of 124 silver drachmas from Taotis to Tephorsais with surety TM 28757Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II

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A loan contract from Tebtynis in the 2nd century AD: Tephorsais daughter of Kronion, with her brother Harpaesis acting as guardian and surety, acknowledges receiving an interest-bearing loan of 124 silver drachmas from Taotis, to be repaid in the month of Thoth of the following year. A scribe, Hippalos son of Chrates, wrote for the illiterate parties, and the contract was registered at the Tebtynis record office.

In English machine translation

[…] … […] … […] with her guardian, her kinsman […] son of Akousilaos, aged about […] two(?), with a scar on the right shin, [that she has received from] Taotis from hand to hand [a loan] at interest of silver, capital of 124 [drachmas], [repayment] of which Tephorsais shall make [to Taotis] in the month of Thoth of the coming […] year without delay, [the right of execution] belonging to Taotis against Tephorsais, the borrower who gives surety, and the property belonging [to her, and against] the surety Harphaesis and all the property belonging to him. I, Tephersais daughter of Kronion, with [my guardian and] surety, my brother Harpaesis, acknowledge that I have received from Taotis a loan at interest of 124 drachmas of silver and I will repay it in the month of Thoth of the coming […] year, as stated above. Hippalos son of Chrates wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters. [Registered] through the record office of Tebtynis.

The borrower's name is spelled both Tephorsais and Tephersais, and the brother both Harphaesis and Harpaesis. The text belongs to the archive of Kronion, head of the Tebtynis record office (grapheion).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prestito di denaro). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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