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Petition of Alexandros against Apollonios over unpaid orchard rent TM 3383Pharbaithos (Arsinoites)28. Jan. 222 v.Chr.

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A petition to King Ptolemy from Alexandros of Pharbaithos in the Arsinoite nome, complaining that Apollonios, entrusted with 20 drachmas of orchard rent to pay into the bank, deposited only 10, so that the owner Theugenes is now demanding interest and a penalty from Alexandros. He asks that the strategos Diophanes have the case heard and Apollonios made to pay; the strategos's instruction and a docket follow, dated 28 January 222 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] To King Ptolemy, greetings from Alexandros son of Peith[…], from Pharbaithos in the division of Herakleides. I am wronged by Apollonios […]. For when I leased an orchard in year 22, [I gave him (?)] the rent of this orchard, 20 drachmas, so that he would deposit it at the bank; of these he has deposited 10 drachmas, but the other ten drachmas he has kept back and even now has not deposited them at the bank. And I am being pressed by Theugenes, the owner of the property, in accordance with the contract I made with him, for both the interest and the penalty of one half, because Theugenes has been assigned the 10 drachmas at the bank. I therefore beg you, O King, if it please you, to order Diophanes the strategos to write to […]on the epistates to send Apollonios to have the case decided between us before him, and, if this is true, that he be made to pay the 10 drachmas together with the additional charges which I myself am being made to pay, so that, having taken refuge with you, O King, I may obtain justice. Farewell. To […]on. Having investigated, see to it that he obtains justice. Year 25, Loios 26, Choiak 13. [verso] Year 25, Loios 26, Choiak 13. Alexandros against Apollonios, concerning the lease of an orchard.

The hemiolia was a contractual penalty of one and a half times the sum owed. The description of Apollonios's role is lost in a gap in line 3.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Retard dans le paiement au fisc du φόρος d’un verger). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Jan. 222 v.Chr. · Pharbaithos (Arsinoites)

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