The deposit

On deliberation we decided that it would be best to agree to comply with all of Satyrus’ demands and to surrender the money whose existence was known, but with respect to the funds on deposit with Pasion we should not only deny their existence but also make it appear that I had borrowed at interest both from Pasion and from others, and to do everything which was likely to make them believe that I had no money.

But it is obvious that Pasion called in the three hundred drachmas as a favor to me, and that he became my surety for seven talents because he judged that the gold on deposit with him was a sufficient guarantee.

for the sum of money on deposit with him was large and of sufficient value to warrant a shameless act, and I, in the presence of many listeners, had denied that I possessed anything, and everybody had seen that money was being demanded of me and that I was acknowledging that I was indebted to others also.

What is given without being named, concealed, uncounted, unseen, and marked with a seal, that is remembered as a sealed deposit.

By whom a deposit was made in secret or taken in secret, it must be returned in secret;

By whatever method and by whom it was deposited and proved, in that same way it must be given to him;

An article deposited by one who has gone on a journey of three kinds, a pledge, an item delivered to another for a purpose, a borrowed item, and an item entrusted for commercial purposes—that property is remembered as a deposit.

Where a depositor, knowing of the risk of loss to the property, still deposits it, the bailee shall not be made to pay, even if it is lost by any means whatsoever.

If an artisan keeps an article deposited for processing beyond the specified number of days, he shall be made to pay for it even if it is destroyed by an act of god.

A deposit and a sealed deposit should never be given to a close relative of the deceased;

In whatever manner a man deposits any property in the hand of another, in that same manner it must be received back;

The king should make the embezzler of a deposit pay a fine equal to the amount, and likewise the embezzler of a sealed deposit, without distinction.