δά(νειον) (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβης)
Ἰριν̣ι̣οῦτι Σενθέως· ἐδά(νεισεν) Κάστωρ Μιθροδάτου.
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας τῆς καὶ Τρυφαίνης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων καὶ Φιλαδέλφων ἔτους τετάρτου ἐφʼ ἱερέω̣ς Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων γραφομένων ἐν Ἀλεξα̣νδρείαι μηνὸς Ξανδικοῦ ἕ̣κ̣τ̣η̣ι̣ Μεχεὶρ ἕκτηι ἐν τῶι Ν̣έ̣στο̣υ̣ ἐποικίωι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσι̣ν̣οείτου νομοῦ.
ἐδάνεισεν Κάστωρ Μιθροδάτου Μακεδὼν ἱππάρχης ἐπʼ ἀν-δρῶν καὶ Ἱλάρα ἡ γ̣[υ(νὴ)] Πτολεμαίωι τῶι καὶ Πετεσούχωι Ὥρου Πέρσης τῆς ἐπιγονῆς καὶ τῆι τούτου γυναι-κὶ Ἀπολλωνίαι τῆι καὶ Τασοῦτ̣ι Ἁρχύψιος Περσίνηι μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυ[ῆ]ς̣ [ἀν]δ̣ρὸς Πτολεμαίου τοῦ προγεγραμμένου.
ο̣κ̣εφαλους πυροῦ ἀρτάβην μίαν τέταρτον , ἃς καὶ ὁμολογοῦσι μεμετρῆσθαι καὶ ἔχειν ἐκ πλήρο[υς] ἅ̣μα τῆι συγγραφῆι ταύτηι τιθεμένηι κυρίαι· τ̣ὸ̣ δ̣ὲ̣ δάνειον τοῦτο, τὴν μίαν τέ-ταρτον ἀρτάβην τοῦ πυροῦ, ἀποδότωσαν οἱ δεδα-νισμένοι Κάστορι ἢ τ̣ο̣ῖ̣ς̣ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν μηνὶ Παῦνι τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους πυρὸν νέον καθαρὸν καὶ ἄδολον ἀπὸ πάντων μέτρωι ἡμιαρταβίωι καθεσταμέ-νας εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν τοῖς ἰδ̣ίοις ἀνηλώμασι· ἧς δʼ ἂν ἀρτάβης μὴ ἀποδῶσι κ̣α̣[θ]ὰ γέγραπται ἀποτι-σάτωσαν τιμὴν ἑκάστης ἀρτάβης χαλκοῦ δρα-χμὰς τρισχιλίας ἢ τὴν ἐσομ̣έ̣νην τούτων πλείσ-την τιμήν, τῆς πρά[ξ]εως οὔσης ἔκ τε αὐτῶν τῶν δεδανισμένων καὶ ἐκ τ̣ῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῖς πάντων πράσσοντι κυ̣ρίως καθάπερ ἐγ δίκης ἐγγυοι ἀλλήλων εἰς ἔκτε̣ισιν.
ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κυρίαι μάρτυρες Ἰσχυρίων, Σιμία[ς, Ἑ]ρ̣μίας, Μένω[ν], Ἀπελλῆς, οἱ ἕξ , οἱ τῶν Κασ̣σ̣ά̣[ν]δ̣[ρου].
Πτολεμαῖος ὣς καὶ Πετεσο[ῦ]χος Π̣έ̣ρ̣σ̣[ης] [τῆ]ς̣ ἐπειγωνῆς ἔχω τὸ δάνιο̣ν.
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(Loan) (of grain) (of a quarter)
In the year of King Ptolemy and Cleopatra and Tryphaena, the sister of the gods Philopators and Philadelphos, in the fourth year, on the priesthood of Alexander and the others recorded in Alexandria in the month of Xandikos, on the sixth day of Mecheir, in the Nestor's settlement of the Heracleid territory of the Arsinoite nome.
Castor, son of Mithrodates, a Macedonian hipparch, lent to the man and Hilaria, the wife of Ptolemy and Ptesouchos, the Persian, of the offspring and to his wife Apollonia and Tasoutis, Archypsios, the Persian, with the lord of his own husband Ptolemy, the one previously written.
Of the quarter of grain, one quarter, which they also agree to have been measured and to have from the full amount together with this writing, placed in the lordly manner: this loan, the one quarter of grain, let those who have borrowed it return to Castor or to those from him in the month of Pauni of the same year, new, pure, and unadulterated grain from all measure, established in the same for their own expenses; and if they do not return any quarter, let them pay the price of each quarter in bronze drachmas three thousand or the highest price of these, the transaction being from those who have borrowed and from all their possessions acting primarily as if in the case of justice they are guaranteeing each other for repayment.
This writing is lordly, witnesses: Ischyrion, Simias, Hermias, Menon, Apelles, the six, of the Kassandros.
Ptolemy as well as Ptesouchos the Persian, of the urgent matter, I have the loan.
δά(νειον) (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβης) α δ´ Ἰριν̣ι̣οῦτι Σενθέως· ἐδά(νεισεν) Κάστωρ Μιθροδάτου.
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας τῆς καὶ Τρυφαίνης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων καὶ Φιλαδέλφων ἔτους τετάρτου ἐφʼ ἱερέω̣ς Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων γραφομένων ἐν Ἀλεξα̣νδρείαι μηνὸς Ξανδικοῦ ἕ̣κ̣τ̣η̣ι Μεχεὶρ ἕκτηι ἐν τῶι Ν̣έ̣στο̣υ̣ ἐποικίωι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσι̣ν̣οείτου νομοῦ. ἐδάνεισεν Κάστωρ Μιθροδάτου Μακεδὼν ἱππάρχης ἐπʼ ἀνδρῶν καὶ Ἱλάρα ἡ γ̣[υ(νὴ)] Πτολεμαίωι τῶι καὶ Πετεσούχωι Ὥρου Πέρσης τῆς ἐπιγονῆς καὶ τῆι τούτου γυναικὶ Ἀπολλωνίαι τῆι καὶ Τασοῦτ̣ι Ἁρχύψιος Περσίνηι μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυτ[ῆ]ς̣ [ἀν]δ̣ρὸς Πτολεμαίου τοῦ προγεγραμμένου α̣[...]ο̣κ̣εφαλους πυροῦ ἀρτάβην μίαν τέταρτον, ἃς καὶ ὁμολογοῦσι μεμετρῆσθαι καὶ ἔχειν ἐκ πλήρο[υς] ἅ̣μα τῆι συγγραφῆι ταύτηι τιθεμένηι κυρίαι· τ̣ὸ̣ δ̣ὲ̣ δάνειον τοῦτο, τὴν μίαν τέταρτον ἀρτάβην τοῦ πυροῦ, ἀποδότωσαν οἱ δεδανισμένοι Κάστορι ἢ τ̣ο̣ῖ̣ς̣ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν μηνὶ Παῦνι τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους πυρὸν νέον καθαρὸν καὶ ἄδολον ἀπὸ πάντων μέτρωι ἡμιαρταβίωι καθεσταμένας εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν τοῖς ἰδ̣ίοις ἀνηλώμασι· ἧς δʼ ἂν ἀρτάβης μὴ ἀποδῶσι κ̣α̣[θ]ὰ γέγραπται ἀποτισάτωσαν τιμὴν ἑκάστης ἀρτάβης χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς τρισχιλίας ἢ τὴν ἐσομ̣έ̣νην τούτων πλείστην τιμήν, τῆς πρά[ξ]εως οὔσης ἔκ τε αὐτῶν τῶν δεδανισμένων καὶ ἐκ τ̣ῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῖς πάντων πράσσοντι κυ̣ρίως καθάπερ ἐγ δίκης ἐγγυοι ἀλλήλων εἰς ἔκτε̣ισιν. ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κυρίαι. μάρτυρες Ἰσχυρίων, Σιμία[ς, Ἑ]ρ̣μίας, Μένω[ν], [...]ιος, Ἀπελλῆς, οἱ ἕξ, οἱ ε τῶν Κασ̣σ̣ά̣[ν]δ̣[ρου] συγγραφοφύ̣[λαξ Ἰσχυ]ρ̣ίω̣[ν].
[Πτο]λ̣εμαῖος ὣς καὶ Πετεσο[ῦ]χος Π̣έ̣ρ̣σ̣[ης] [τῆ]ς̣ ἐπειγωνῆς ἔχω τὸ δάνιο̣ν̣.
Loan (of wheat), one artaba and a quarter, to Irinioutis son of Sentheos; Kastor son of Mithrodates lent.
In the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, also called Tryphaena, the sibling gods Philopatores and Philadelphoi, in the fourth year, under the priest Alexander and the others recorded in Alexandria, on the sixth of the month Xandikos, which is the sixth of Mecheir, in the village of Nestou in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Kastor son of Mithrodates, Macedonian cavalry commander, and Hilara his wife lent to Ptolemaios also called Petesouchos, son of Horos, Persian of the epigone, and to his wife Apollonia also called Tasoutis, daughter of Archypsis, Persian woman, with her guardian, her aforementioned husband Ptolemaios, one and a quarter artaba of wheat, which they acknowledge having measured and received in full at the time of this contract, which is valid. The borrowers shall repay this loan, the one and a quarter artaba of wheat, to Kastor or his representatives in the month Pauni of the same year, new, clean, and unadulterated wheat, measured by the half-artaba measure established for their own expenses. For any artaba not repaid as written, they shall pay the price of three thousand bronze drachmas per artaba or the highest price prevailing at that time. The right of execution shall be against the borrowers themselves and all their property, with mutual surety for repayment. This contract is valid. Witnesses: Ischyrion, Simias, Hermias, Menon, [...]ios, Apelles, these six, the five of Kassandros. Keeper of the contract: Ischyrion.
I, Ptolemaios also called Petesouchos, Persian of the epigone, acknowledge that I have received the loan.