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A Loan Contract
1. Loan of Money
P. Mich. Inv. 478
Antinoopolis, Egypt
In this contract, Flavius Christodoros acknowledges
that he borrowed money (“solidus” and “carat” are
denominations of coinage) from Aurelia Euphemia and offers garments as
a pledge for repayment of his debt. This contract was drawn up on March
1, 569 A.D.
…
Flavius Christodoros, … to Aurelia Euphemia
…, greetings.
I ... acknowledge by this written bond that
I have received in loan from you, from [your]
hand to my hands, for my private and necessary needs, the capital sum
of one gold solidus less six carats …
All my property present and future is mortgaged to you for this, and for
your security I have drawn up for you and signed this document. And it
is understood that on this account I have turned over to you in pledge
a garment made in Egypt after the Tarsic fashion and an undergarment-shirt.
