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A receipt written as a letter, in which Demophon tells Sokles that he has received 40 artabas of wheat from Zenon as the rent owed to him for year 34 and has no further claim. It dates to 11 December 252 BC and belongs to the Zenon archive, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
Demophon was probably a cleruch (military settler) whose land was leased to Zenon. The rent (ekphorion) was paid in kind, in wheat.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt in form of letter from Demophon to Sokles). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Demophon, one of the numerous cleruchs whose land was leased to Zenon and cultivated by his farmers, acknowledges receipt of 40 artabs of wheat, being the rent for year 34. The receipt is addressed to Sokles, an agent.
Δημοφῶν Σωκλῆι χαίρειν. ἔχω παρὰ Ζήνωνος πυρῶν ἀρτάβας τεσσαράκοντα , τὸ ἐκφόριον τὸ γινόμενόν μοι τοῦ τετάρτου καὶ τριακοστοῦ ἔτους, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῶι ἐπικαλῶ. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λδ, Φαῶφι ιη.
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