Loan of wheat from Marres to Menelaos at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 2650Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)16. März 173 v.Chr.

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, gods Epiphaneis, year 8, when Herakleodoros son of Apollophanes was priest of Alexander and the gods Soteres and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Euergetai and the gods Philopatores and the gods Epiphaneis and the gods Philometores, Sarapias daughter of Apollonios being athlophoros of Berenike Euergetis, Aristokleia daughter of Demetrios being kanephoros of Arsinoe Philadelphos, Eirene daughter of Ptolemaios being priestess of Arsinoe Philopator, on the 13th of the month Loios, Mecheir 13, at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome. Marres son of Pakysis, Arsinoite, has lent to Menelaos son of Parigetes, Macedonian of the epigone, 10 artabas of wheat. Menelaos shall repay to Marres the loan of the 10 artabas of wheat in the month Audnaios, which is Epeiph of the Egyptians, or whenever the release of the wheat crops takes place, in new wheat, unadulterated and clean of everything, measuring it by a just measure checked against the royal bronze measure and with a just strickle, and he shall deliver it to Soknopaiou Nesos to Marres at his own expense. If he does not repay the artabas of wheat, he shall pay as their value 500 drachmas, and Marres, or whoever acts under the contract, shall have the right of execution both upon Menelaos himself and upon all his property, exacting payment according to the ordinance and the laws. And let [...] be valid [...] exacting [...] judgement [...] Pasippos, Xenon, Theodoros, Ptolemaios, Macedonians, Philon, Thracian, Sosikrates, Cretan, the six of those serving as garrison soldiers and mercenaries at Soknopaiou Nesos. Keeper of the contract: Philon.