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Loan of money from Aurelius Gelasios to Aurelius Alexandros TM 31794Oxyrhynchosspätes III

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A loan agreement from Oxyrhynchus in which Aurelius Alexandros acknowledges borrowing 2 talents and 4,800 drachmas from Aurelius Gelasios, son of a ducenarius. He promises to repay by 10 Hathyr of the coming 3rd regnal year, or else pay monthly interest of one drachma per mina.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Alexandros son of Alexandros, his mother being Didyme, from the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, to Aurelius Gelasios, son of Aurelius Aitherios the most excellent ducenarius, greeting. I acknowledge that I have received from you on loan 2 talents and 4,800 drachmas of silver of the imperial coinage, which I shall of necessity repay to you by the tenth of Hathyr of the coming 3rd year of this most fortunate reign, without any delay or evasion; otherwise I shall pay you, for the time exceeding the term, interest at one drachma per mina for each month, you having the right of execution upon me and upon all my possessions. This note of hand, written in duplicate, is valid wherever it is produced and for anyone who produces it on my behalf, and having been asked by you, I gave my assent.

A ducenarius was a high-ranking imperial official (originally paid 200,000 sesterces); the penalty interest of one drachma per mina per month equals 12% a year. This is a duplicate copy of the same contract; the closing lines are largely restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Money). 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 · spätes III · Oxyrhynchos

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