Petition to the strategos concerning a leased oil-press at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9587Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)73 - 74

Beginning of a petition to Ammonios, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, from a man of Soknopaiou Nesos. He states that in Pauni of Vespasian's fifth year (AD 73) he leased an oil-press from Panephremmis son of Tesenouphis, which was to be delivered in working order, and the surviving text breaks off at a mention of repair and rebuilding costs.

In English machine translation

The petitioner's name is largely lost. The complaint itself, presumably about the lessor's failure to keep the press in working order, does not survive.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe an den Strategen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.