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Loan of wheat by the hekatontarch Hipponikos to Dionysios and his family TM 3108Hermopolis24. Nov. 106 v.Chr.

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A loan contract from Hermopolis, dated 24 November 106 BC, in which the cavalry officer Hipponikos lends 40 artabas of wheat to Dionysios, his mother Senabellis and his wife Isidora. They are to repay 60 artabas (principal plus 50% interest) in Pauni, delivered to the harbour at Akoris, with a penalty of 3,000 bronze drachmas per artaba for default.

In English machine translation

[Year 12, which is also year 9, Audnaios 7, Hathyr 7,] [at Hermopolis in the Thebaid.] [Hipponikos] son of P[tolema]i[os, Macedonian, hekatontarch] of the [command] of Arte[midoros], of the Akoris troops, [has lent] to Diony[sios son of Kephalas, Persian] of the epigone, [and to his mother Sen]abellis daughter of Heliodoros [and to his wife Isidora] daughter of Pachoïs, both [Persian women, with] their guardian the [aforementioned] Dionysios, 40 artabas [of hard wheat], which have been measured out [to them by him, at interest] of one half, 20 artabas of wheat. [The] [wheat and the interest], in all [60 artabas of wheat], the borrowers [shall repay] to Hi[pponikos or to his] [agents in the month Loios, which is Pauni of the] [aforementioned year, without lawsuit or judgment] [and without any fraud, new hard wheat,] [clean, unadulterated, by the measure matching the bronze standard, and they shall] deliver it [to the harbour at Akoris] [at their own expense, to Hipponikos or] [his agents. If they do not repay as] written, [the borrowers shall pay] [to Hipponikos or his agents as the price of each artaba 3,000] bronze drachmas; [and Hipponikos and his] [agents shall have the right of execution for what is in the contract upon the] [borrowers themselves, both jointly and upon whichever] [of them he chooses, and upon] all [their possessions], a[s if by legal judgment. The borrowers are] mutual [guarantors for the payment] of the wh[eat or the aforementioned] price. This contract [shall be valid].

Much of the text is restored from the standard formulary of parallel loan contracts from the same archive. "Persian of the epigone" is a legal status designation of the Ptolemaic period, not an ethnic description.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prêt de blé). 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 · 24. Nov. 106 v.Chr. · Hermopolis

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