A contract from the Arsinoite nome in the reign of Domitian in which a man named […]krates acknowledges repayment of 160 silver drachmas by Petaus, ending an earlier loan secured by the usufruct of Petaus' land near Kerkesoucha. The earlier agreement is returned for cancellation and further claims are renounced.
In English machine translation
[Year …] of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, month of Kaisareios, the thirteenth, at […] of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome.
[…]krates, aged about 23, with a scar on the right eyebrow, acknowledges
to Petaus […], aged about 30, with a scar on the first finger of the […] hand,
that he has received from him forthwith, from hand to hand, out of the house, 160 silver drachmas (for?) the usufruct
of the arouras belonging to Petaus near Kerkesoucha […] (agreement) executed through the same record office in the past […] year of Domitianus Caesar the lord,
in the month […] the […]teenth, which he has also handed over
[…] to Petaus for cancellation; and that neither the acknowledging party nor those acting for him will proceed against or make claims
against Petaus or those acting for him, either concerning
what he has received […] simply
[…]
In an antichretic loan the lender takes the produce (usufruct) of the borrower's land in place of interest; here the loan is repaid and the arrangement ended. The end of the document is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rückzahlung eines antichretischen Darlehens). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.