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Loan of wheat to Phoibammon and his mother Theonilla TM 32370Arsinoites (?)IV - V

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End of a loan contract in which Aurelius Phoibammon son of Anouthios and his mother Theonilla acknowledge receiving 12 1/2 artabas of wheat and promise to repay it from the harvest of a third indiction. The scribe Aurelius Krispos son of Alypios signed for the illiterate borrower; the text probably comes from the Arsinoite nome in the 4th or 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] twelve and a half [artabas of clean] wheat, total [12 1/2 artabas of wheat, which we shall] of necessity [repay in the month] […] [from the] new [produce of the crops of the] fortunate third indiction, by the just quarter measure, without delay and without any dispute, the right of execution being yours against me and against all my property of every kind and sort, as if by legal judgment. The document, written in a single copy, is valid, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent. (Subscription) We, Aurelius Phoibammon son of Anouthios, with his mother Theonilla, the aforesaid, have received and shall repay you the twelve and a half artabas of wheat at the term as stated above. I, Aurelius Krispos son of Alypios, who also wrote the body of the document, wrote on his behalf at his request, since he is illiterate.

The opening with the lender's name and the exact month of repayment is lost. The 'quarter measure' (metron tetarton) was a standard measure used for grain in these contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehen von Weizen). 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 · IV - V · Arsinoites (?)

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