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Epaphroditus, freedman of Aristocles of Alexandria, from the city of the Persians of Oxyrhynchus, greetings to Theon, son of Harpasius, mother of Tatrephius of Theon, from the same city. I acknowledge that I have from you through hand from the house of the esteemed silver coinage three hundred and fifty-six drachmas (which are) of silver (drachmas) of the capital, of which nothing is owed in total, interest of one drachma for each mina per month from the current month of the new Augustus, which I will properly provide to you monthly. Furthermore, for the sake of security, I propose to you what I have of Greek nitre, twenty-four artabas, and of other nitre, four talents, stored in the house at the sunny threshold of the house of Taarpaesios on the crossroad of South Crepidus, of which by number of that house [Taarpaesios] being sealed by me and you. The capital I will return to you on the thirteenth of the month of Germanicus of the current second year of the Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus Germanicus, without any addition. If I do not return as it has been written, you may open the house and sell the nitre according to the price of this and receive the proposed capital, of the trust concerning you being of the danger regarding the nitre, I will return to you without addition or speculation, with half the interest along with the interest of the time that has passed, of the transaction being yours from me and all that I have as if from justice, not diminishing in the transaction of what I owe you from other documents two on the pledge of salt, nor of what I owe you in pledges. The hand is everywhere being brought and to all that brings it. (Year) second of the Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus Germanicus, month of the new Augustus.