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Fragment of a loan contract in which two or more borrowers, jointly liable, acknowledge receiving two gold solidi less 15 1/2 carats for their own use. They promise to pay monthly interest in small bronze coinage from the month of Mecheir until repayment, to repay on demand, and pledge all their property as security. It comes from the Arsinoite nome.
The sum is two solidi minus 15 1/2 carats (24 carats to the solidus), a typical late antique reckoning. Interest was paid in 'myriads' of copper coinage (kerma), the amount being lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]ὁμολογοῦμεν ἐξ ἀλληλεγγύης ἐσχηκέναι ἡμᾶς παρὰ σοῦ διὰ χειρὸς εἰς ἰδίαν ἡμῶν χρείαν χρυσίου νομισμάτια δύο παρὰ κεράτια δέκα πέντε ἥμισυ χρυσίου νομισμάτια β παρὰ κεράτια ιε 𐅵 κεφαλαίου, ἐπὶ τῷ ἡμᾶς χορηγῆσαί σοι λόγῳ τόκου αὐτῶν μηνιαίως ἀπὸ νεομηνίας τοῦ ὄντος μηνὸς Μεχεὶρ τ…
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