Petition to the king against Pasis concerning a sown plot and double rent TM 3332Magdola (Arsinoites)13. Jan. 218 v.Chr.

A petition to King Ptolemy IV complaining that a man named Pasis sowed a plot of land in breach of an agreement, asking that the strategos Diophanes have him sent to Krokodilopolis for judgment and made to pay double rent. The strategos's docket orders reconciliation or referral to the proper court. Written in January 218 BC at Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

The text is badly damaged at the start of each line, so the exact nature of the land dispute is uncertain; the double rent (ekphorion) was a contractual penalty. 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 Exécution 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.