Petition of priests of Herakles at Oxyrhyncha against harassment by beer-tax farmers TM 2520Arsinoites143 - 141 v.Chr. (?)

To Ptolemaios son of Pyrrhos, of the First Friends and strategos, from Harchypsis and Arka[…] and their fellow priests of Herakles, greatest god, from Oxyrhyncha in the division of Polemon. Being troubled contrary to what is proper by those who farm the beer tax of the same village and by others […], for this reason, at the time when the king and the queen came into the nome, we submitted a petition about this matter and others, taking into account the privileges granted to the temples by them and their ancestors, which was also endorsed to Sarapion, the former strategos; and at that time we were left undisturbed until now, and the petition was no longer delivered to Sarapion. Now, however, Onnophris the beer-[…] has foisted on us 10 jars of beer improperly, supposing that he will be able to extort from us. We ask, since the sovereigns too have ordered that we not be troubled, if it seems good, that you order a letter to be written to Apollodoros the epistates not to permit anyone to trouble us. If this is done, we shall have received help. Farewell.