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Acknowledgement of a deposit of 300 drachmas between husband and wife TM 29531Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)II

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A contract from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum in which the priest Panephremmis acknowledges receiving 300 silver drachmas from his wife Thatres, a priestess, as a deposit repayable on demand. Failure to repay makes him liable for double the amount under the law on deposits.

In English machine translation

[1] [… lines lost …] […] in Soknopaiou Nesos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Panephremmis son of Panouphis, grandson of Panephremmis, priest […] of the tribe of Soknopaios the great, great god, aged about 60, with a scar on the left shin, acknowledges to his wife Thatres daughter of Tesenouphis, granddaughter of Tesenouphis, priestess, aged about 50, without distinguishing marks, with her guardian her kinsman Stotoetis son of Stotoetis, aged about 29, with a scar on the left shin, that he, the acknowledging party, has received from her forthwith from hand to hand 300 drachmas of coined silver of the imperial coinage, total 300 drachmas, as a deposit free of risk and not subject to any deduction, which he also acknowledges he will repay whenever Thatres chooses, without any delay or evasion, lawsuit or judgement. If he does not repay as written, he shall pay her the deposit twofold in accordance with the law on deposits, Thatres having the right of execution against the acknowledging party and against his property, as if by legal judgement. Subscriber: Pakysis son of Satabous; he has written on behalf of Panephremmis.

The 'deposit' (parathēkē) here is probably a disguised loan, a common device in Roman Egypt; the double penalty follows the standard law on deposits.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kreditparatheke zwischen Eheleuten über 300 Drachmen). 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 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

[1] [… ? lines lost …] […]ἐν τῇ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσῳ τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Πανεφρέμμις Πανούφιος Πανεφρέμμεωςἱερεὺς[…] φυλῆς Σοκνοπαίου θεοῦ μεγάλου μεγάλου ὡς ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα οὐλὴ ἀντικνημίῳἀριστερῷ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ γυναικὶ Θατρῆτει Τεσενούφεως τοῦ Τεσενούφεως …