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Petition of Satabous about an unpaid loan secured on a priest's temple share TM 9900Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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Fragment of a petition from Satabous, a creditor at Soknopaiou Nesos, complaining that Harpagathes will not repay a loan with interest. He asks that a copy of his memorandum be sent to the head of the priests of Soknopaios so that Harpagathes' share of temple revenues or privileges, pledged under the contract, should pass to him, without prejudice to his right of execution against the debtor.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] from the great great temple of Soknopaios the great god, that he would not lay hands on these, but that they would belong to me, Satabous, until he repays me the aforesaid capital and the interest. Since Harpagathes does not wish to repay voluntarily the aforesaid capital and the interest, but keeps putting me off […] through the […], I also ask that, my memorandum having been filed, a copy be delivered to the leader of the priests of the god Soknopaios, Satabous son of Horos, so that he may know that, in accordance with the stated contract, the share of the privileges (?) falling to Harpagathes should remain mine, as is customary in other cases also, without my being prejudiced in any way in my execution against Harpagathes.

Much of the text, including the word translated 'privileges', is editorial restoration. The pledged item seems to be the debtor's share of temple income at the sanctuary of Soknopaios.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petizione). 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 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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