Fragmentary agreement in which one party acknowledges receiving 15 gold solidi and, apparently in return, grants the lender use of a small house without rent, an arrangement known as an antichretic loan. A deacon, Aurelius Arimmas, signs a subscription. It dates to the 4th or 5th century AD.
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[…] to one another, greetings. I acknowledge […] that I have received from you, by hand from the house, fifteen gold solidi […]
[…] in the six(?) […] without rent […] in the small house belonging to us […]
[…] of the dwelling […]
But if you wish […] the fifteen solidi […]
and that you put (?) […]
And I, Mar[…], […] to have the aforesaid […]
to have in the house. And if it seems good to you […] the fifteen solidi […]
from the house it shall not be permitted […] I wish to withdraw […] The agreement, written in two copies, is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent […]
I, Aurelius Arimmas, deacon, […] fifteen solidi […] […] I have received […]
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In an antichretic loan the lender's use of the property takes the place of interest, here residence in the house without rent. The identification as such is tentative because of the gaps.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Antichretic Loan ?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.