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Loan of 180 silver drachmas from Orsenouphis to Harmais TM 9434Tebtynis (Arsinoites)17. Sept. 138

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A loan contract from Tebtynis in the Fayum, dated 17 September 138 AD, in which the 18-year-old Harmais son of Harmais acknowledges receiving an interest-bearing loan of 180 silver drachmas from Orsenouphis son of Mieus. He promises to repay it in the month Kaisareios (Mesore) of the same year, with Orsenouphis entitled to enforce payment on his person and property.

In English machine translation

Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Thoth 20, at Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Harmais son of Harmais son of Onnophris, his mother being Th[…]ar[…]dis, from Tebtynis, aged about 18, with a scar on the right knee, acknowledges to Orsenouphis son of Mieus, aged about 52, with a scar on the nose, that he has received from him, Orsenouphis, from hand to hand, an interest-bearing loan of a capital sum of 180 silver drachmas, the repayment of which Harmais will make to Orsenouphis in the month Kaisareios of the present second year without delay, Orsenouphis having the right of execution both upon Harmais and upon all his property, as if by a court judgment. Writer: Crispinus P[…] [… 5 lines lost …]

Kaisareios is the Roman-era name for the Egyptian month Mesore (July-August). The scribe wrote 'Harmaios' (genitive form) where the borrower Harmais is meant.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Darlehensvertrag). 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 · 17. Sept. 138 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

ἔτους δευτέρου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς Θὼθ κ ἐν Τεβτῦνι τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Ἁρμάις Ἁρμάιος τοῦ Ὀννώφρεως μητρὸς Θ[…]αρ[…]διος ἀπὸ Τεβτύνεως ὡς ἐτῶν δέκα ὀκτὼ οὐλὴ γόνατι δεξιῷ Ὀρσενοῦφι Μιεῦτος ὡς ἐ…