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Deposit of 120 silver drachmas acknowledged by a married couple to Pabous TM 9384Psenyris (Arsinoites)27. Okt. 106

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A contract of deposit in which Harpagathes son of Onnophris and his wife Persine acknowledge receiving 120 silver drachmas from Pabous son of Herieus, to be repaid on demand or else at double the amount. It was drawn up at Psenyris in the Arsinoite nome on 27 October 106 AD.

In English machine translation

Year 10 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, month Apellaios 30, Phaophi 30, at Psenyris […]. Harpagathes son of Onnophris, Persian of the Epigone, aged about 30 […], with a scar on the forehead on the right, and his wife […] daughter of Harpagathes, Persine, aged about […], with a scar on the forehead on the left […], with her husband as guardian, each standing surety for the other for payment, acknowledge to Pabous son of Herieus, aged about […], with a scar on the forehead on the left, that they, the acknowledging parties, have received from him from hand to hand out of his house 120 silver drachmas as a deposit, free of all risk and not subject to any deduction, which the acknowledging parties shall repay whenever Pabous chooses, without any delay or evasion. If they do not repay as written, the acknowledging parties shall pay him the deposit twofold in accordance with the law of deposits, Pabous having the right of execution against the acknowledging parties and against all their property, as if by a court judgment. Writer for the acknowledging parties: […], aged 57, scar […] of Harpagathes son of Onnophris […] […]

"Persian of the Epigone" is a legal status designation used in Roman-period contracts, by this time largely marking a debtor's liability rather than ethnicity. A deposit (parathēkē) often disguised an interest-bearing loan.

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 · 27. Okt. 106 · Psenyris (Arsinoites)

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