Fragmentary agreement acknowledging repayment of a loan of 260 drachmas of capital, with interest, involving Tephorsais daughter of Sokeus and the sisters Taorsenouphis and Tephorsais, daughters of Kronion, acting with their brother Harphaesis as guardian. It was written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD and registered at the record office.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… 4 lines lost …]
[…] 260 [drachmas] […]
[…] of the capital sum […]
[…] of the present […]
[…] Tephorsais daughter of Sokeus […]
[…] 260 drachmas […] in the month […]
[…] of year […]
[…] accordingly. Writer: Hippalos
son of Chrates, aged about […], scar on the right forearm. […]
[…] the 260 drachmas […] and the interest at a drachma (per mina per month) […]
[…] Tephorsais […] I, Hippalos son of Chrates, wrote on his behalf, as he does not know letters. We, Taorsenouphis and Tephorsais, both daughters of Kronion, with our guardian, our brother Harphaesis: the agreement has been made with us as stated above. I, […], wrote on her behalf
as she does not know letters.
Registered through Lourios also called Apollonios.
[…]
[verso]
To Tephorsais.
Agreement of receipt for 260 drachmas.
The relationship between the two women named Tephorsais is unclear from the damaged text. Interest 'at a drachma' means the usual rate of 1 drachma per mina per month, i.e. 12% a year.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Restituzione di prestito). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.