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Petition of the overseer of an altar of Herakles and the Nemeseis about extra grain dues TM 3995Herakleopolites

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A petition to Paniskos, strategos and official in charge of revenues, from Harthotes, overseer of an ancient altar of Herakles and the Nemeseis in the Herakleopolite nome. He complains that two local collectors, both named Sotas, are demanding an extra artaba of wheat per aroura on the altar's 10 arouras of sacred land beyond the dues he has already paid.

In English machine translation

To Paniskos, kinsman and strategos and in charge of the revenues, from Harthotes […], overseer (epistates) of the […] altar of Herakles and the Nemeseis, very great gods, established from ancient times. There being 10 arouras of sacred land dedicated to the altar, for which formerly one artaba for each aroura of the sown land was demanded for the royal treasury, but in place of this, after an interval, a further half-artaba per aroura was additionally demanded, and I have thus paid punctually up to now; and having measured out also for the land sown in them in the present year and ascertained by inspection, 7 arouras, the 10 1/2 artabas of wheat due to the royal treasury and the expenses measured out in addition to these for the dispatch of the courier service (?), I am being required by those appointed in the area for the deliveries, Sotas son of Pechauros and Sotas son of Polykrates, to pay a further 1 […] artaba of wheat per aroura […] piously towards the gods […] this time. I therefore ask with supplication […] by a most just judgement […] divine (?) […] Sotas and Sotas not (?) […] of the dedicated […] 10 arouras the […] per aroura […] [… lines lost …]

'Kinsman' (syngenes) is a Ptolemaic court rank, not a family relation. The phrase rendered 'dispatch of the courier service' (anastasia dromou) is uncertain in meaning.

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.

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bgu.14.2375

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