Fragmentary petition by Horion and Ammonios complaining that someone's misuse of water rendered land unusable, asking that he be brought before the official to answer for the damage, since they still owe considerable rents. They name two witnesses found in the field. Written at Tebtynis in AD 138.
In English machine translation
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[…] land into an unusable state; it is possible […]. We therefore ask, if it seems good to you, that you order him to be brought before you, to render account for such damage […] us to pay the rents that follow, which are not small. This we made known to those whom we found in the field at the time, Pakebkis son of Kronion and Mesoeris son of Harphaesis.
Horion, about 55 years old, scar on the little finger of the left hand.
Ammonios, about 52 years old, scar on the little finger of the left hand.
Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, month of Hadrianos 1.
Hadrianos was an honorific name for the month Choiak. 'Rents' renders ekphoria, rent paid in produce for leased land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Istanza all’autorità locale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.