A sworn declaration addressed to Isidoros, strategos of two divisions of the Arsinoite nome, by Menekleia acting with her son Philadelphos as guardian. In a dispute over arrears of oil from imperial estates, she swears by the emperor's fortune to travel to Alexandria by 30 Pharmouthi and stay with the imperial procurator until the case is heard.
In English machine translation
Pharmouthi 14.
To Isidoros, strategos of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome, […]
from Menekleia daughter of Kalleias (?) son of Athenodoros, from the quarter of Dionysiou Topoi, with her guardian, her son Philadelphos son of Philadelphos. […] in an investigation that took place […] concerning the register of the produce of estate (ousiac) oil […] and […] the report of Origenes, one of the assistants allotted (?), in the 20th year of the god Hadrian, by which it was declared that there had been deposited at my house […] arrears through Didymos and partners in charge of the register of the produce of estate oil […]
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[…] I produced the oil from the […]
[…] before the […]
[…] and the whole matter before Aelius [Eclectus], the most excellent procurator of our lord Caesar […] who ordered us to provide sufficient […] or to be detained […] the property, being requested by you […] to declare and provide, I swear by the fortune of Antoninus Caesar the lord that I will sail down to Alexandria by the thirtieth of the month Pharmouthi and remain in attendance on the procurator until the investigation takes place. Written through Apollonios.
I, Menekleia daughter of Kallias, with my guardian, my son Philadelphos son of Philadelphos, have sworn the above oath, that I will do each thing and sail down to Alexandria as stated above. I, Philadelphos, wrote also on behalf of my mother, the greater part.
Year 7 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Pharmouthi 14. I, Menekleia, have sworn as stated above.
"Ousiac" refers to imperial estates (ousiai) whose revenues were administered by a procurator. The procurator's name Eclectus is an editorial restoration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.