Petition to the king concerning payment of 36 drachmas each TM 3379Magdola (Arsinoites)222 - 221 v.Chr. (?)

Fragment of a petition addressed to the king, asking that Lysimachos, the epistates (village official), be instructed to compel the opponents to act justly in a matter involving 36 drachmas each. The official's endorsement orders compliance or referral to higher authority. It comes from Magdola in the Arsinoite nome, probably 222-221 BC.

In English machine translation

Petitions of this type were formally addressed to the king but handled by the strategos, whose instruction to the epistates is preserved in the last lines. An epistates was a local official responsible for village order and justice.

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