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Receipt for repayment of an antichretic loan secured on land at Philadelphia TM 9727Philadelphia (Arsinoites)ca. 176

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Fragment of a notarial acknowledgement in which a man named Nemesianus declares that Lucius Ignatius Casianus has repaid him 528 silver drachmas lent under a public contract, the loan having been secured by Nemesianus' use of two arouras of land near Philadelphia in place of interest. Nemesianus promises to make no further claims. It dates to about AD 176, from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] […aged] fifty-four […] [on the] left […], to Lucius Ignatius Casianus, [aged …]-eight, distinguished by a scar(?) on the [right] eye, that he, the acknowledging party […] Nemesianus, has received from him in cash 528 drachmas of silver, equal to the amount he borrowed from him according to a public instrument [executed] through the record office here in the past […] year, holding in antichresis in lieu of the [interest] the 2 arouras belonging to him near the village of Philadelphia, in the place called the kleros of Perdikas […], and that neither Nemesianus himself nor those acting for him will proceed against Ignatius Casianus nor against those acting for him, neither concerning what he has received as stated above, the 528 drachmas of silver, nor concerning […] the antichresis(?) nor concerning any other matter whatsoever, written or unwritten, from past times up to [the present day, in any way] […]

In an antichretic loan (Greek daneiokarpia) the lender takes the produce of pledged property instead of interest; here the lender held two arouras until repayment. The roles are inferred from the formula: Nemesianus, the declarant, appears to be the lender acknowledging receipt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Repayment of Antichretic Loan). 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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bgu.13.2338

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 176 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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