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Loan of money with interest, signed by Aurelius Anoup son of Dauid TM 36774HermopolitesVI

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End of a loan contract in which Aurelius Anoup son of Dauid acknowledges a debt with interest, pledging all his property as security, followed by signatures of witnesses and the scribe Kollouthos son of Ioannes. The verso carries a summary docket in Greek and Coptic naming Apa Andreas, probably the creditor. It comes from the Hermopolite nome, 6th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] […] the interest on these […] four thousand and [with] all my [property] pledged to you. This written bond is valid and guaranteed, and having been asked the formal question I, Aurelius Anoup son of Dauid, the aforementioned, agreed. The written bond is satisfactory to me as stated above. (Signed by) Soitos son of Victor, former deacon (?). I witness [this] written bond, having heard it from the party who made it, A[…]. I witness the written bond, having heard it from the party who made it. [† Through me,] Kollouthos son of Ioannes, it was written. […] † † † [verso] […] of interest … carats, makes 1 gold solidus less 6 carats of interest […] to owe, to Apa Andreas

The text is written on a wooden tablet; the verso docket mixes Greek and Coptic. The figure 'four thousand' probably refers to an amount in a sum expressed in lesser units, but its context is lost.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI · Hermopolites

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