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Interest-free loan of salt from Sennesis to Phagonis TM 66Pathyris12. Sept. 105 v.Chr.

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A notarial contract drawn up before the deputy of the agoranomos at Pathyris, in which a woman, Sennesis daughter of Patseous, lends 6 artabas of salt without interest to Phagonis son of Panobchounis, repayable in Choiak, with a wheat penalty for default. It dates to 12 September 105 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 12, which is also year 9, Mesore 30, at Pathyris, before Hermias, the deputy of Paniskos the agoranomos. Sennesis daughter of Patseous, Persian woman, has lent to Phagonis son of Panobchounis, Persian of the epigone, 6 artabas of salt, without interest. Let the borrower Phagonis repay this loan to Sennesis in the month Choiak of year 13, which is also year 10. If he does not repay within the fixed time as stated above, let him pay in Phamenoth […] artabas of wheat. And let Sennesis have the right of execution against Phagonis and against all his property, exacting payment as if by legal judgement. I, Hermias, the deputy of Paniskos, have registered it. [verso] Loan of Sennesis to Phagonis, 6 artabas of salt.

The double year date reflects the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X; 'Persian (of the epigone)' is a legal status designation rather than an ethnicity. The record mentions a demotic receipt for Phagonis that is not part of this Greek edition.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Greek loan of salt with demotic receipt for Phagonis). 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 · 12. Sept. 105 v.Chr. · Pathyris

[r] Ἔτους ιβ τοῦ καὶ θ Μεσορὴ λ ἐν Παθύρει ἐφʼ Ἑρμίου τοῦ παρὰ Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου· ἐδάνεισεν Σεννῆσις Πατσεοῦτος Περσίνη Φαγῶνι Πανοβχούνιος Πέρσῃ τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ἁλὸς ἀρτάβας ἓξ ἄτοκα· τὸ δὲ δάνειον τοῦτο ἀποδότω ὁ δεδανεισμένος Φαγῶνις Σεννήσει ἐν μηνὶ Χοίαχ τοῦ ιγ τοῦ καὶ ι ἔτου…