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comes paired with a Greek version that indicates that the underlying contract is for naval transport.

[15] TPSulp 79

15 March 40. I, Lucius Marius Iucundus, freedman of Dida, wrote that I gave 13,000 modii of Alexandrian grain to Gaius Sulpicius Faustus, grain which rests in bin 26 of the upper Barbatian granary of Domitia Lepida as a pledge against HS 20,000, which I have written in a document I owe to him. If next 15 May I have not repaid the above-mentioned HS 20,000 or arranged security, then you will be permitted to sell at auc tion the grain in question under the condition of the pledge in question. If you sell it for more, return the difference to me; if for less, I will return the difference to you or your heir. We have discussed and I have agreed that the grain in question is at my risk or that of my heir. Done at Puteoli. Here is a pledge to back up a loan (as in • [9] ), but in this case the loan may have existed well before the pledge. At the very least we would expect some clearer record of its terms in another document. This contains the most elaborate extra clauses of any of • the documents here. There is the possibility of selling the pledges (which can be avoided by payment or by giving alternative security). If the sale goes ahead, then the money will be distributed differently, depending on whether the underlying debt is covered. Additionally, we have a clause specifying where the risk lies.

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