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Interest-free loan of bronze drachmas to two brothers at Pathyris TM 71Pathyris10. Dez. 103 v.Chr.

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A notarial contract registered at Pathyris in 103 BC in which Petearsemtheus son of Nechoutes lends 5,100 bronze drachmas interest-free to the brothers Petearsemtheus and Petesouchos, repayable in Pharmouthi, with penalties for default. The text also notes a related guarantee by Horos son of Paous.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 15, which is also year 12, Hathyr 24, at Pathyris, before Hermias, deputy of Paniskos the agoranomos. Petearsemtheus son of Nechoutes, Persian, has lent to Petearsemtheus and Petesouchos, the two sons of Panobchounis son of Totoes, Persians of the epigone, 5,100 drachmas of bronze coinage, without interest. The borrowers shall repay this loan to Petearsemtheus in the month of Pharmouthi of year 15, which is also year 12. If they do not repay within the appointed time, or do not act as written, they shall pay forthwith in the following month the 5,100 drachmas of bronze plus one half, and for the overdue time interest of 2 drachmas per mina each month. This is the loan which Horos son of Paous guaranteed to Pakoibis son of Petearsemtheus, out of 1 talent 5,200 drachmas of bronze. The borrowers themselves are sureties for one another for the payment of everything under this loan. Petearsemtheus shall have the right of execution against the borrowers, against either one of them, whichever he chooses, and against all their property, exacting payment as if by a court judgment. I, Hermias, deputy of Paniskos, have registered it. [verso] Loan of Petearsemtheus to Petearsemtheus and Petesouchos, sons of Panobchounis, 5,100 bronze drachmas.

The double regnal year (15 = 12) reflects the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X Alexander. 'Persians of the epigone' is a legal status designation used in contracts, with no exact English equivalent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 10. Dez. 103 v.Chr. · Pathyris

[r] ἔτους ιε τοῦ καὶ ιβ Ἁθὺρ κδ ἐν Παθύρει ἐφʼ Ἑρμίου τοῦ παρὰ Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου. ἐδάνεισεν Πετεαρσεμθεὺς Νεχούτου Πέρσης Πετεαρσεμθεῖ καὶ Πετεσούχωι τοῖς Πανοβχούνιος τοῦ Τοτοηοῦς τοῖς δυσὶν Πέρσαις τῆς ἐπιγονῆς χαλκοῦ νομίσματος δραχμὰς πεντακισχιλίας ἑκατὸν ἄτοκα. τὸ δὲ δάνε…