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Interest-free loan of wheat and barley to four brothers TM 73Pathyris28. Nov. 102 v.Chr.

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A notarial contract drawn up at Pathyris in 102 BC, in which Paeris son of Pasemis lends four brothers, sons of Panobchounis, 10 artabas of wheat and 13 of barley without interest. The grain is to be repaid by Pachon 30 at his house in Krokodilopolis, with a 50 percent penalty for late payment.

In English machine translation

[recto] Year 16, which is also year 13, Hathyr 12, at Pathyris, before Hermias, the deputy of Paniskos, agoranomos. Paeris son of Pasemis has lent to Petearsemtheus and Petesouchos and Phagonis and Psennesis, the 4 sons of Panobchounis son of Totoes, Persians of the epigone, 10 artabas of wheat and 13 artabas of barley, without interest. The borrowers shall repay this loan to Paeris in the month of Pachon, on the 30th, of the same year, new, clean and unadulterated in every respect, and delivered to his house in Krokodilopolis at their own expense, by the measure by which they also received it. If they do not repay within the appointed time or do not act as written, they shall forthwith pay in the following month the 10 artabas of wheat and 13 artabas of barley plus one half, or the price that will prevail in the same market. Paeris shall have the right of execution against the borrowers, both against each one and either of them, whichever he chooses, and against all their property, exacting payment as if by legal judgment. I, Hermias, deputy of Paniskos, have registered it. [verso] Loan of Paeris to Petearsemtheus and his brothers: 10 artabas of wheat, 13 artabas of barley.

The double regnal year (16 = 13) reflects the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X Alexander. "Persians of the epigone" is a legal status designation, not an indication of ethnicity.

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 · 28. Nov. 102 v.Chr. · Pathyris

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