Petition against Petosouchos concerning ruinous liturgies TM 10967Arsinoitesca. 148

[recto] […] … […] supervision I suffered great losses; [for] without having rested [from the former (service)] I was appointed to another [office, the collection] of the river-guard tax in Alexandria, [since] […] having property of [… hundred] drachmas; [having been appointed] to this I suffered losses to the point of having to mortgage [my house] so that I might discharge the liturgy, because I have [nothing else. But now], being in danger from creditors of losing [what has been mortgaged], I take refuge with you, [the saviour of all], informing you that Petosouchos is [responsible because], being compelled by the village scribes, [I suffered losses for] ten successive years, and moreover he [served as scribe] to the former elders with Paapis […]. [Therefore I ask, if] it seems good to your Fortune, to order that a letter be written [to the strategos of the nome] to hear my case against him, and if he [finds this to be] so, to send him up to you to [give account of his outrageous acts], and to keep me free from harassment so [that I may be able], remaining in my own (village) with wife and children, [to farm] the royal land which I hold, or to pay [the public dues incumbent on] me and perform liturgies according to my means, [so that I may be] benefited. Farewell. (Subscription:) I will write to the strategos. … … [The] village scribe [in charge of the] inspection, Pantbeus, [questioned by me], declared that Petosouchos is [one of those from the] metropolis and is residing [in the village …] not to be his associate (?) nor of the […] to have been […], but to have served as scribe for a time […] to the former elders in year 1 and year 2 […] up to year 7 and year 9, year 10 of Antoninus Caesar [the lord …] [verso]