Petition concerning taxes on inherited vineyard and palm land TM 31298Arsinoitesfrühes III

Fragment of a petition to a high official from the Arsinoite nome, early 3rd century AD. The petitioner mentions an earlier petition, payments from date-palms from the 7th to the 10th year, an inheritance from his maternal grandfather including a vineyard estate burdened with heavy taxes, and asks that the strategos of the Arsinoite be instructed.

In English machine translation

The text survives only on the verso; the recto lines are lost. "Tameion" refers to the (imperial) treasury; the addressee is called "lord" and appealed to for his "sincerity", suggesting a senior official such as the prefect.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.