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Opening of a bank document (diagraphe) drawn up through the bank of Didymos at the Gymnasium square, recording a transaction between Didymos son of Didymos and Zoilos son of Epikrates with his son Harpalos, both of the Hermouthiake quarter. It dates to 21 November AD 166, in the Arsinoite nome; the terms of the transaction are lost.
The text breaks off before the nature of the transaction is stated, so it may record a payment, loan or sale handled by the bank. The Hermouthiake quarter is a district of the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rechtsgeschäft durch Vermittlung einer Bank). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ἑβδόμου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου Σεβαστοῦ Ἁθὺρ κε διὰ τῆς Διδύμου τραπέζης πλατείας Γυμνασίου Δίδυμος Διδύμου τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου Ζωίλῳ Ἐπικράτου τοῦ Ζωίλου ἀναγραφομένῳ ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Ἑρμουθιακῆς ὡς …
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