Fragmentary petition from a priest of Arsinoe and Zeus Kasios, who complains that although an inspector named Phanias found no theft of the temple grain, he has been imprisoned while one Onetor measures out the grain. He asks the official to summon him and release him from prison. Written at Pelusion in the Arsinoite nome in the later 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
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[…] priest of Arsinoe and Zeus Kasios. Phanias, having been sent by you to make the inspection of the grain in the temple, and having found that no plunder had taken place, […] making an imposition (?) […] Onetor […] measures out the grain, while I have been led away into the prison. I therefore ask you to summon me from the prison and, if I appear […] […] that I be released from the prison, so that I may obtain your benevolence.
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Pelusion here is a village in the Fayum, not the Delta city. Zeus Kasios was a cult linked to the Delta Pelusion, transplanted to this village.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentarische Eingabe eines Priesters). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.