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Acknowledgement of a loan in which Eusebios son of the late Iakob borrows 4 gold solidi (less 24 carats in all), leaving as security an earring set with 19 pearls (?) and a bronze vessel. He agrees to pay 6 3/4 carats per year as interest, described as 'consolation'. It probably dates to the 7th or 8th century AD, from Hermopolis.
θβ is the numerical cryptogram 99 for 'Amen', a common Christian heading. 'Paramythia' (consolation) is a euphemism for interest on the loan; the meaning of 'pinaria' as pearls is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Acknowledgement of Loan). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] θβ ἔχω ἐγὼ Εὐσέβις υἱὸς τοῦ μακαρίου Ἰακὼβ ἐμὴν χρείαν ἰδίαν καὶ ἀναγκαίαν χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια τέσσερα παρὰ κεράτια ἓξ ἕκαστον, γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δ παρὰ κεράτια κδ· ἔχεις δὲ καὶ σὺ λόγῳ ἐνεχύρου ἐνώτιν σὺν πιναρίοις ιθ νομισματίων δ καὶ χαλκὶν ἕν · ἔδοξεν δὲ λόγῳ παραμυ…
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