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Official letter from Epimachos to Philippos, forwarding instructions from the sub-dioiketes Sarapion about the oil and kiki-oil factories in Herakleopolis, which stood idle because raw materials were not being delivered from the nome. Philippos is told to have enough material transported quickly so that production can resume and oil prices be fixed. It dates to year 22, Choiak 25, in the Herakleopolite nome.
Kiki is castor oil; oil production was a royal monopoly in Ptolemaic Egypt. The hypodioiketes was a deputy of the chief finance minister (dioiketes).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epimachos an Philippos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] ἐλ […]…[…]ε[…] τι[…] Ἐπίμαχος Φιλίππωι χαίρειν. ἐπεὶ Σαραπίων ὁ ὑποδιοικητὴς ὑποτέταχεν ἡμῖν ἀντίγραφον τῆς πρὸς σὲ ἐπιστολῆς περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸ ἐν Ἡρακλέους πόλει ἐλαιούργιον καὶ κικιούργιον, ἃ ἀνενέγκατο Πετῶς ὁ πρὸς τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις ἀργεῖν ἕνεκα τοῦ μὴ παράγεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ νομ…
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