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A petition from a weaver of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome, who complains that the village elders have maliciously nominated him for the office of village elder although he is poor and lives on wages from weaving. He asks the official to help him. It dates to the third year of Antoninus Pius, AD 140.
The opening with the addressee and the petitioner's name is lost. The office of village elder (presbyteros) was a compulsory liturgy, and poverty was a ground for claiming exemption; the 76 drachmas are probably the annual weavers' trade tax.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου. ἐπεί, κύριε, γέρδιος εἰμὶ τελῶν κατʼ ἔτος εἰς τὸ δημόσιον εἰς λόγον δραχμὰς οϛ, οἱ δὲ τῆς κώμης πρεσβύτεροι ἐπηρεάζοντές μοι ἀναδεδώκασί μου τὸ ὄνομα εἰς πρεσβυτερείαν τῆς κώμης ἀπόρου μου ὄντος καὶ μισθοῦ πορίζοντος τὸ ζῆν ἀπὸ τῆς γερδιακῆς δ…
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