Opening of a document addressed to Sarapion son of Theon by three men described as Persians of the Epigone, including Petesouchos and Lalemis son of Sisongosis, from Agoueris in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. It mentions 16 artabas of wheat and some form of security, but the rest is lost. It dates to the second half of the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
To Sarapion son of Theon […]
from Petesouchos son of […] [and]
Lalemis son of Sisongosis [and] […]
the three, Persians of the Epigone […]
[…] mother Teo[…]
from Agoueris of the Herakl[eides division] […]
16 artabas of wheat […]
[…] security and […]
having passed and more (?) […]
[…] no […]
[…]
[…]
The classification as a petition is tentative; the address formula could also suit a contract or declaration. 'Persian of the Epigone' is a legal status designation of the Roman period with no exact English equivalent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Eingabe (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.