Pap. London, British Library Pap 1789

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Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. London, British Library Pap 1789
Publication Number	P.Lond. V 1737
Current Location	London, British Library
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	purchase Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	R. de Rustafjaell Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Aswan / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1907 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Harold I. Bell Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Dating	between 613 and
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at top

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	broken at top
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, byzantine cursive
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+27	1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Loan contract
Ancient Archives	private archive \| Patermouthis
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Dios, son of Ioannes, scribe
Text Types	documentary documentary \| contract
Summary of Content	Patermouthis acting alone borrows 3 and 1/3 solidi, repayable on demand at 2% per annum interest, from the same Ioannes from whom he and Kako together had borrowed 4 solidi two years earlier (P. Lond. V 1736). He pledges for his loan two copper objects weighing together 129.5 litrae, so the gold-copper ratio of the loan and the pledge is 1:2017. The gold-copper ratio at the end of 4th century according to the Theodosian Code was 1:1800. Other 4th century values for worked bronze were 1:1980 and 1:1968. Kako's absence may suggest her death or disability; it is some 35 years since the first appearance of either individual in the archive (P. Lond. V 1724).
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. (hands ok) translation J. J. Farber in Pap.Eleph.Eng. (1996) D52
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Christianity
Comment on Religion	Christogramm

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x+1	- ψα. 11 - ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ θειοτάτου(?) καὶ γ̣α̣λ̣η̣ν̣ο̣τ̣(άτου)
x+2	δεσπότο̣υ Φλα(υίου) Ἡρακλείου τοῦ α̣ἰ̣ω̣νίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος
x+3	ἔτους τρ̣ίτου Με Με̣χ̣ε̣ὶ̣ρ ιε ἰνδικτίονος πρώ̣της.
x+4	Φλαύιος Π̣ατ̣ερμ̣ο̣ύ̣θ̣ις Μη̣νᾶ στρατιώτης ἀριθμοῦ Ἐλεφαντίνης ναύτης
x+5	ἀπὸ Συ̣ήνης † Αὐρηλίῳ Ἰωάννῃ Πιτύρωνος ναύτῃ
x+6	ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς Συήν̣ης χ̣αίρειν. † ὁμολογ̣ῶ̣ ἐγὼ Πατερμούθις̣ διὰ ταύτης
x+7	μου τῆς ἐγγράφου ἀσφαλ̣ε̣ίας ἐσχηκέναι καὶ δεδανεῖσ-
x+8	θαι παρὰ σοῦ σή̣μερον εἰς ἀναγκαίαν μ̣ο̣υ χρείαν χρυσοῦ
x+9	νομιμ̣α̣τα ¹ l. νομίσματα τρεία ² l. τρία τρίτον ζυγῷ Συήνης, γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομίσματα γ γ´ ζ̣υγῷ Σ̣υ̣ή̣ν̣ης,
x+10	καὶ ταῦτα σὺν Θεῷ ἑτ̣οίμως ἔχω̣ παρασχεῖν σοι ὁπόταν βουλη-
x+11	θείης μετὰ τῆς τούτων ἐπικερδείας ἑκάστου νομίσματος̣
x+12	κατὰ μῆνα χρυσ̣ο̣ῦ̣ κερατίου τέταρτον ἀπὸ τῆς προγεγραμμένης ἡμέρας
x+13	χωρίς τινος̣ ἀ̣ντιλογίας, ὑποθέμ̣η̣ν̣ ³ l. ὑπεθέμην δέ σοι λόγῳ ἐνε-
x+14	χύρου ὀριχαλκώ̣δη σ̣υ̣ν̣γείνονται λ̣ε̣ιτρας
x+15	λίτραι κδ (ἥμισυ) τῷ χα̣ριστι̣ων̣ ⁴ l. χαριστίωνι ἐ̣μοῦ κα̣ὶ̣ κατ̣αν̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
x+16	περιέχον̣ λίτρας ρ ἐφʼ ᾧ τε ταῦτα εἶναι ὑπὸ τὴν
x+17	σὴν ἐξουσίαν ἄχρι ἀ̣πο̣δόσεω̣ς̣ καὶ συμπληρώ̣σ̣εω̣ς
x+18	τοῦ ἐγκειμ̣έ̣ν̣ο̣υ̣ χρυσο̣ῦ̣ ἐ̣νε̣χ̣ερῳ̣ ⁵ l. ἐνεχύρῳ ε̣ι̣ρ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
x+19	καὶ εἰς ἀσφάλειαν πε̣π̣ο̣ί̣ημαι τοῦτο τὸ γρα̣μ̣ματεῖον κύριον καὶ βέβαιον
x+20	ἁπανταχοῦ π̣ρο̣φερόμενον κ̣α̣ὶ̣ ἐ̣π̣ε̣ρωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. † Φλαύιος Κό̣λ̣λ̣ο̣-
x+21	υθος Ἀλεξανδρος ⁶l. Ἀλεξάνδρου κη̣τρον ⁷ l. κεντυρίων ἀριθμο̣ῦ̣
x+22	Σήνης μαρτυρῶ. † ☧ Φλαύιος Θεω-
x+23	δώσιος Ἄπα Δείου στρατιώτης ἀριθμ-
x+24	οῦ Σϋ̣ήνης ⁸ corr. ex σηηνης μαρτηρῶ ⁹ l. μαρτυρῶ. ☧ Φλαύιος
x+25	Φαυστ̣ῖνος Παχυμίου σ̣τ̣ρ̣ατιώτης
x+26	ἀριθμοῦ Σηήνης μαρτυρῶ. †
x+27	† διὰ̣ ἐμο̣ῦ Δίου Ἰωάννης ¹⁰ed. Θ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣

¹ l. νομίσματα
² l. τρία
³ l. ὑπεθέμην
⁴ l. χαριστίωνι
⁵ l. ἐνεχύρῳ
⁶ l. Ἀλεξάνδρου
⁷ l. κεντυρίων
⁸ corr. ex σηηνης
⁹ l. μαρτυρῶ
¹⁰ ed. Θ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣

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† ἀσφ̣άλεια Πατερμουθίου Μηνᾶ να̣ύ̣τ̣ου ἀπὸ Συήνης vac. ? γίνεται χρυσοῦ ν̣ο̣μίσματα γ γ´ ζ̣υγῷ Συήνης.

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x+1	--- most divine and most serene
x+2	master Fl. Heraclius the eternal Augustus and Emperor,
x+3	in the third year, on Mecheir 15, the first indiction.
x+4	Fl. Patermouthis son of Menas, soldier of the regiment of Elephantine, boatman
x+5	from Syene, † to Aurelius Ioannes son of Pityron, boatman
x+6	from the same Syene, greetings. † I, Patermouthis, acknowledge, by this,
x+7	my written security, that I have gotten and borrowed
x+8	from you today for my essential needs gold,
x+9	three and one-third solidi in the weight of Syene, i.e., gold, 3 1/3 solidi in the weight of Syene.
x+10	And this, with God, I am ready to provide to you whenever you may
x+11	wish, with the interest on them, for each solidus,
x+12	monthly, a fourth of a gold carat from the aforesaid day,
x+13	without any argument. I have mortgaged with you as pledge
x+14	articles of copper amounting to
x+15	24 litrae on my scale and ---
x+16	containing 100 litrae, and I acknowledge that these are under
x+17	our authority until repayment and satisfaction
x+18	of the set gold, --- as pledge ---.
x+19	And for your security I have made this note, which is valid and warranted
x+20	wherever brought forward. And having been questioned, I have expressed acknowledgment.† (2nd hand) I, Fl. Kollou-
x+21	thos son of Alexandras, centurion of the regiment
x+22	of Syene, bear witness. † (hand 3) ☧ I, Fl. Theo-
x+23	osios, son of Apa Dios, soldier of the regiment
x+24	of Syene, bear witness. ☧ (4th hand) I, Fl.
x+25	Faustinos son of Pachymios, soldier
x+26	of the regiment of Syene, bear witness. †
x+27	(hand 1) † --- by me, Dios son of Th---

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
30520	man	Aurelius / Flavius Patermouthis, son of Menas (alias Benne) and the mother Tsia	Αὐρηλίῳ Πατερμουθίῳ Μηνᾶτος…… (), ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Heraclius	03	Mecheir	15	613 February 9 CE	date in text;

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Literature

DatasetID	310331
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	19750
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.lond;5;1737
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310331 (= Pap. London, British Library Pap 1789), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.