A letter from Theodoros to Theomnestos about grain affairs in the Herakleopolite nome in 213 BC. It reports that Onnophris son of Petoys is receiving 250 artabas of red wheat for the allotments he farms, 100 of which go to half-allotments, leaving 150 due to the king, and asks Theomnestos to have the police at Kolasoucheis guard the grain so it is not swapped for white wheat.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Year 10, Phaophi 9(?) [...] to the policemen in Kolasoucheis
[...]
Theodoros to Theomnestos, greetings. Wherever we impose [...] from the policemen the scribal fee and [...] purchased [...].
But they do not agree, unless first the men of Zenophantos [...] measure out, and I think that unless you come yourself, they will certainly not measure.
Onnophris son of Petoys receives for the allotments he farms 250 artabas of red wheat, of which he will take for the half-allotments which S[...] farms 100 artabas, so that there remain another 150 which must be measured out to the king. So write to the policemen in Kolasoucheis to keep hold of it, lest he exchange it for white wheat. We will measure [...] royal [...] 150 [...] is able [...] write to me [...] for [...] I have advanced [...] has run [...] neglected [...] to impose on the lower districts. If you have used the payment order, send it to me, so that [...] account [...] dues.
Year 10, Phaophi 3.
[verso]
Theodoros, scribe, on behalf of the policemen and [...]. To Theomnestos.
Year 10, Phaophi 4.
[...]
Red wheat (pyrraitheros) was a variety distinct from ordinary white wheat; the concern is substitution of a cheaper grain. The phylakitai were the local rural police, here also involved in grain administration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Theodoros an Theomnestos: Auszahlung von Saatkorn). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.