Petition to the king about a lease of 5 arouras of land TM 3331Magdola (Arsinoites)13. Jan. 218 v.Chr.

Fragment of a petition addressed to the king concerning a lease of 5 arouras of land near Pelousion, made by contract in year 4. The petitioners ask that the strategos Diophanes instruct Menandros to deal with the matter; the docket orders Menandros to reconcile the parties or send them to the competent court. Written at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome in January 218 BC.

In English machine translation

The docket is restored largely from the standard formula of these petitions (enteuxeis) to the king. The date is given in both the Macedonian (Daisios) and Egyptian (Hathyr) calendars.

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