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Novation of a loan of 500 drachmas from Athenion to the officer Bilos TM 754285Herakleopolites (?)22. Febr. - 23. März 256 v.Chr.

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A Greek loan contract converting an earlier debt into a new loan: the woman Athenion, daughter of Dorion, lends 500 silver drachmas at 2% monthly interest to Bilos, a Macedonian company commander, replacing a previous contract. It dates to year 29 of Ptolemy II (256 BC), probably from the Herakleopolite nome, and lists a guarantor and military witnesses.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy Soter, year twenty-nine, in the priesthood of Antiochos son of Kebbas, priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods, when the basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos was Demodike daughter of Philon, in the month of Peritios. Athenion daughter of Dorion, Persian woman, with her guardian Aristokrates, Eleian, of Pleistarchos' troop, double-pay soldier, has lent to Bilos, Macedonian, of Pleistarchos' troop, company commander, 500 silver drachmas at interest of 2 drachmas per mina for each month. This is the money which Bilos owed to Athenion under another contract, which she withdrew for him when this one was sealed. Bilos shall pay the interest to Athenion every month, and shall repay the loan within ten days from whatever day Athenion gives notice to Bilos. If he does not repay according to what is written, Bilos shall pay Athenion the loan increased by half, and the interest single. […] and Athenion shall have the right of execution according to the ordinance. Anyone else acting on behalf of Athenion shall also have authority to exact payment in the same way. Guarantor of the loan for payment: […]-demos, Macedonian, of Krateros' troop, private soldier. Witnesses: […], Macedonian, of the old agema, private soldier, […] Iason son of Meniskos, Cyrenaean, Timon son of Herakleides, Herakleote, […]os son of Anteas, Illyrian, […] [verso] […] of Timon […] of Timokrates […] […] of […]eutios; of Iason

The contract is a novation: an existing debt is recast as a new loan and the old contract cancelled. 'Persian' was a legal-ethnic status designation in Ptolemaic documents rather than necessarily a real origin; the verso names are probably those of the witnesses on the sealed outer side.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehensnovation). 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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[r] βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου Σωτῆρος ἔτους ἐνάτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ, ἐφ’ ἱερέως Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Κέββα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν, κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Δημοδίκης τῆς Φίλωνος, μηνὸς Περιτίου. ἐδάνεισεν Ἀθήνιον Δωρίωνος, Περσίνη, μετὰ κυρίου Ἀριστοκράτους, Ἠλείου τῶν…

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · Cologne, Papyrussammlung 21760 · 22. Febr. - 23. März 256 v.Chr. · Herakleopolites (?)