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Extract from the property record office: loan from a father to his son TM 78604Oxyrhynchos27. Jan. 85

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An official extract from the property record office of the Oxyrhynchite nome copying a loan contract drawn up in the village of Nemera. Panemgeus, about 70, lends 500 silver drachmas to his son Apollonios, to be repaid on Phamenoth 30, with a penalty of half as much again plus interest if late. Dated 27 January AD 85.

In English machine translation

[Extract from the] property record office of the Oxyrhynchite nome, [from the agoranomic] contracts, middle toparchy. In the fourth year of [Imperator Caesar] Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Mecheir 2, [in the village of Nemera. Panemgeus son of Petseirion, grandson of Kouos, [mother …], from the village of Sestha of the lower toparchy, [residing in] the aforesaid village of Nemera, has lent to his own son [Apollonios, mother …]onis daughter of Apollonios, Persian of the epigone, 500 drachmas of [silver] in imperial coin, [total 500 drachmas of capital], to which nothing at all has been added; which [the aforesaid] Apollonios shall repay to his father Panemgeus on the 30th of the month Phamenoth [of the … year of Imperator Caesar] Domitian Augustus Germanicus without [any delay]. If he does not repay as written, [Apollonios] shall forfeit to his father Panemgeus the aforesaid [capital with half as much again], together with the [interest] due for the time beyond the term, the right of execution being his both against the borrower [and against] all his property, as if by legal judgment. […] Panemgeus, about 70 years old, scar on the middle of the nose. Apollos [… scar on] the left shin. The writer, Le…s, about 25 years old, without distinguishing marks.

The bibliotheke enkteseon was the public archive registering property and related contracts. 'Persian of the epigone' was a legal status designation often used for borrowers in loans of this period.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Extract from Βιβλιοθήκη Ἐγκτήσεων). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.oxy.66.4532

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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