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Loan of 20 artabas of wheat at Ibion Eikosipentarouron TM 32914Ibion Eikosipentaruron (Arsinoites)IV

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A loan contract in which Aurelius Anneus son of Aninos acknowledges receiving 20 artabas of wheat from Aurelius Apphous son of Tyrannos, both of the village of Ibion Eikosipentarouron in the Arsinoite nome, to be repaid in Pauni of a 13th indiction. Another man wrote the subscription because the borrower was illiterate.

In English machine translation

[recto] Acknowledgment. Aurelius Anneus son of Aninos, from the village of Eikosi (Ibion Eikosipentarouron) in the Arsinoite nome, to Aurelius Apphous son of Tyrannos, living in the village of Eikosi, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you, from hand to hand, out of your house, twenty artabas of wheat, total 20 artabas, which I shall of necessity repay to you in Pauni of the auspicious 13th indiction, you having the right of execution against me and against all my property, as if by a court judgment. This bond, written in a single copy, is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Hathyr 15, in the consulship stated above. I, Aurelius Anneus, the aforesaid, have received as a loan the twenty artabas of wheat and I shall repay them to you at the appointed date as stated above. I, Gil[…] Horion, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. [verso] […] from the village of Eikosi, 20 artabas of wheat.

The date refers to a consulship 'stated above', implying this text was copied from or written alongside another document. 'Eikosi' is an abbreviation for the village Ibion Eikosipentarouron.

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 Wheat). 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 · Ibion Eikosipentaruron (Arsinoites)

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