Acknowledgment of Debt
Canceled acknowledgment made by a cavalryman, for a loan given to him by a fellow cavalryman
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 69901
Soldier's acknowledgment of a loan of 79 silver denarii from a fellow cavalryman TM 69901castellum Net[- - -], province of Egypt(?)August 8, 140 A.D.
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A Latin acknowledgment of debt in which the cavalryman Antonius Heronianus of the 1st Cohort of Lusitanians confirms a loan of 79 silver denarii from his fellow cavalryman Iulius Serenus, to be repaid with interest from his pay. It was drawn up at a fort in a detachment of the cohort on 8 August 140 and has a Greek subscription by the debtor.
In English machine translation
Antonius Heronianus, cavalryman of the 1st cohort of Lusitanians, troop of Marianus, to Iulius Serenus […], cavalryman of the same cohort, in good faith, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received […] and owe 79 silver denarii, which I will repay to you when I have received my pay […] with interest, or to your agent or heir […].
Iulius Serenus, cavalryman, made the formal stipulation; Antonius Heronianus gave his promise for 79 silver denarii […] of the day written below.
Done at the fort of Net[…], in the detachment of the above-written cohort, on the 6th day before the Ides of August, in the consulship of the Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius for the 3rd time and Aurelius Caesar, son of Augustus Pius.
(In Greek) I, Antonius Heronianus, received 79 silver denarii as a loan and will repay them as stated above.
The document was cancelled, presumably after repayment. The stipulation clause (formal question and promise) is the Roman legal form that made the debt binding.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Acknowledgment of Debt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
c.epist.lat.154
Antonius Heronianus eques cohortis I Lusitanorum turma Mariana Iulio Sereno[…] equiticohortis eiusdem cum fide salutem fateor me[…] accepisse et debere denarios argenteos septuaginta novem quos tibi reddam stipendio accepto[…] cum usuris aut procuratori heredive tuo[…] stipulatus…