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Acknowledgment of a loan of 60 silver talents repayable in monthly instalments TM 31906HermopolisIII - IV

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A loan acknowledgment in which Aurelia Silvania of Hermopolis, backed by a guarantor Aurelius Kelelytis, confirms borrowing 60 talents of silver from Aurelius Horion son of Apollonios, to be repaid in monthly instalments. The repayment terms are lost after the opening lines.

In English machine translation

[recto] Aurelia Silvania, daughter of Pamounis, her mother being Tisois, aged about 55, with a scar on the shin of the right foot, from Hermopolis the most splendid city, registered in the quarter of West City, having the right of children, with a guarantor for the payment of the money written below, Aurelius Kelelytis son of Ploutagenes, his mother being Tapois, aged about 43, with a scar on the forefinger of the left hand, from the same city, registered in the same quarter, to Aurelius Horion son of Apollonios, from the same city, greeting. I acknowledge that I have received and borrowed from you, by hand, out of your house, a loan of capital only, of silver of the Augusti's coinage, sixty talents, total 60 talents of silver, which I will repay to you in instalments, paying each month […] talents of silver […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Note of hand of Silvania […] with a guarantor for the payment […]

The 'right of children' (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to conduct legal business without a male guardian. The verso docket calls the document a cheirographon, a private note of hand.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehns - Schuldschein). 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 · III - IV · Hermopolis

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