Official reply on repayment to the royal treasury concerning Galestes TM 3185Herakleopolites

Fragments of an official reply concerning revenues, seed and a sum to be restored to the royal treasury, involving a certain Galestes, Philous and her children. It mentions year 27 and allows payment spread over three years, with instructions to a royal scribe. From the Herakleopolite nome in the Ptolemaic period.

In English machine translation

Galestes is probably the name of an estate holder or official; the grammatical case is uncertain. The 'royal scribe' (basilikogrammateus) was a senior nome-level administrator.

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