p.brookl.73
Αὐρηλία Μαρία Ὡρίωνος ἡ προκειμένη συνέσχον τὴν τοῦ ἀργυρίου ταλάντων μυριάδα μίαν , ἣν καὶ ἀποδώσω σὺν τῇ ἐπικερδίᾳ ὡς πρόκειται. Αὐρήλιος ……ος ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς γράμματα μὴ εἰδυίης.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32915
Subscription of Aurelia Maria to a loan of 10,000 talents of silver TM 32915OberägyptenIV
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The signed acknowledgment (subscription) at the end of a loan contract, in which Aurelia Maria daughter of Horion confirms receiving 10,000 talents of silver and promises to repay it with the profit or interest. Because she was illiterate, a man named Aurelius wrote it for her. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Upper Egypt.
In English machine translation
I, Aurelia Maria daughter of Horion, the aforementioned, have received the 10,000 talents of silver, which I shall also repay together with the interest (?) as stated above. I, Aurelius […]os, wrote on her behalf because she does not know letters.
Only the borrower's subscription survives; the main body of the loan contract is lost. The term epikerdia, literally 'profit', here refers to the lender's gain on the loan, in effect interest; the huge sum reflects 4th-century inflation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Subscription to a 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.