One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33311

Loan of 10,000 talents with interest payable in wheat TM 33311Kellis (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV (?)

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A loan contract in which Aurelius Lilous of the village of Toupcha acknowledges receiving 10,000 talents from Aurelius, son of Kapiton, of Kellis, for two months from Phaophi to Choiak. If he fails to repay on time he will pay interest in wheat; the document was signed for him by another because he was illiterate.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Lilous son of […] from the village of Toupcha, to Aurelius […] son of Kapiton, from the village of Kellis. I acknowledge that I have received from you today for my own personal and pressing need 10,000 talents […] one myriad, and with […], total 10,000 talents […], for two months only, from the present month Phaophi until the coming month Choiak […]; and after this term, if I do not repay the 10,000 talents, I am ready to pay you the interest, that is, one artaba of clean wheat […] for […] talents. The security is valid with the subscription of the one signing on my behalf. I wrote on his behalf, as he does not know letters, Aurelius […] from […].

A myriad is 10,000; the huge sum in talents reflects the severe inflation of the 4th century. Much of the wording is restored from standard loan formulas.

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 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.

p.kellis.1.47

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte IV (?) · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

Αὐρήλιος Λιλοῦς τοῦ[…]ἀπὸ κώμης Τουπχα Αὐρηλίῳ[…] υἱῷ Καπίτωνος ἀπὸ κώμης Κέλλεως. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι παρὰ σοῦ σήμερον εἰς ἰδίαν μου καὶ ἀναγκαίαν χρείαν ταλάντων[…]μυριάδα μίαν, καὶ μετ[…], γίνεται ταλάντων μυριὰς α […]ἐπὶμῆνας δύο μόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄντος μηνὸς Φαῶφι ἕως τοῦ ἐλθόντος…