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A private acknowledgement of a loan in which Dionysios son of Kephalas confirms receiving 33 1/3 artabas of wheat from Apollonios. He promises to repay the wheat in Pauni of the current year, delivering it at Akoris at his own cost, with a penalty in bronze drachmas if he fails. It comes from the Hermopolite nome in the late 2nd century BC.
The document is a cheirographon, a contract in the form of a letter whose handwriting itself gives it validity. The beginning of each line is restored, including the place name Akoris and the penalty clause details.
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.
Διονύσιος Κεφαλᾶτος Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν·ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν παρὰ σοῦ πυροῦ ἀρτάβας τριάκοντα τρεῖς τρίτον ἃς ἀποδώσω σοι ἐν μηνὶ Παῧνι τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους ἄνευ δίκης καὶ κρίσεως καὶ πάσης κακοτεχνίας, πυρὸν νέον καθαρὸν ἄδολον μέτρωι τῶι ἐμῶι ὧι καὶ παρείληφα καὶ καταστήσω οὗ ἂν συντάσσ…
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