A fragmentary petition to King Ptolemy (Soter II) from a Macedonian hipparch acting as guardian of an orphan, son of Soterichos, of the katoikic cavalry of the Herakleopolite nome. It concerns a loan of oil(?) and bronze money made by the orphan's father to a group of mutually liable debtors, Persians of the epigone, who failed to repay.
In English machine translation
To King Ptolemy, God Soter, greetings […]
[…] son of Ischyrion, Macedonian, hipparch over men […] guardian of [the] katoikic cavalrymen [in] the Herakleopolite nome […]
[… so-and-so] son of Soterichos, an orphan, of the katoikic cavalry […]
[…] Choiak, Ptolemaios son of Herakleides, one of the (king's) acquaintances […]
[…] to the father of the orphan, in Philadelphos, having lent to Apollonios also called Haryotes the elder and Apollonios also called Haryotes the younger, called […] both sons of Phatres, and to Heron also called Th[…] son of Phatres
and to Apollonios
[…] and to Soterichos also called […]
[… and to Apoll]onios also called Haryotes son of Asphis and to Dionysios [also called] […]
[…] and to Herakleides also called Enthortoios(?) son of Phibis and […]
[…] son of Petosiris and to Didymos also called Onnophris son of Onnophris […]
[…] son of Onnophris and to Euarchos also called T[…] son of Haryotes and H[…]
[…] son of Paesis and to Apollonios also called Harkatytes son of Poros […]
[…] Persians of the epigone, according to a loan contract […]
[…] 22 1/2 choes and 26 talents of bronze, of interest […]
[…] of the debtors, mutually liable for payment, made […]
[according to] the stated agreement, and he having kept […]
[…] by interest, and the debtors not having done what is right […]
[…] nor to Soterichos the (amount) according to the contract […]
[…] and a further larger amount having accrued […]
[…] both Soterichos and further Ptolemaios […]
"Persians of the epigone" was a legal status for borrowers that allowed seizure of the person for debt. The substance lent (measured in choes) is lost; "[…]taktou" may be part of a commodity description."}
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.