1. Papyrus 709
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 709
- Title:
- Receipt for Repayment of a Loan (P.Nekr. 17, P.Grenf. II 69, P.Lond. III 709 descr., TM 22626)
- Scope & Content:
- Copy of a receipt acknowledging the repayment of a loan of 1000 drachmas with accrued interest after eighteen years. The parties involved are the funerary worker (nekrotaphos) Petechon, son of the lender, Polydeuces surnamed Mersis, and Aurelia Senosiris, widow of the borrower Apollonius and dau...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- after 7 October 265
- Extent:
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Light-brown sheet of papyrus, damaged at the top and bottom and defaced in places, and with a small detached scrap. Writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. Four vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
