Loan (P.Duk.inv. 7)

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150 dpi image of 7r

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Catalogue Record

Title: Loan, Year 35 of Augustus [6 Jan. 26]
Author: Chairemon (Son of Akousilaos from Arsinok, Egypt), fl. 6.
	Thaubastis (Wife of Chairemon from Arsinok, Egypt), fl. 6.
Subject: Loans, Personal --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Guardian and ward --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Interest --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, reconstructed from numerous fragments,
	mounted in glass ; 24 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 23.1 x 13.5 cm.
	37 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso, the two-line docket inverse
	to the text on the recto and the note accompanying
	the red stamp.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm. except for the date; lower
	margin of 1.5 cm.; left margin of 1.5-1 cm.; small
	right margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 7 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 7.
	Loan that has been crossed out from Egypt, written
	on papyrus. Loan of 84 drachmas between Chairemon,
	son of Akousilaos, and his wife Thaubastis, daughter
	of someone whose name begins with "Pet" and Phileas.
	Drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite
	Nome (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Chairemon acts
	as Thaubastis' guardian. The loan states that the
	couple will repay the loan with 12 percent interest
	in Tybi of year 36 of Augustus. Dated to Xandikou
	1 or Mecheir 1, year 35 of the emperor Augustus (Jan.
	26, 6 A.D.). The signature of Chairemon and Thaubastis
	is written for them by someone else because they
	are illiterate. Red stamp on the verso mentions year
	35 of Augustus (5/6 A.D.).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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