Petition of a priest to secure a debtor's temple allowances TM 9920Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

From Satabous son of Herieus the younger, one of the priests from Soknopaiou Nesos. In the 41st year of Caesar I lent to Harpagathes son of Panephrommis, Persian of the Epigone, priest, under a contract of loan, a capital sum of 325 drachmas of silver. By the same contract Harpagathes declared that he would not touch any of the allowances (philanthropa) falling to him from the temple of Soknopaios, the great, great god, but that they should belong to me, Satabous, until he repays me the aforesaid capital and the interest. Since Harpagathes does not wish to repay voluntarily the aforesaid capital and the interest, but keeps evading […] through your […] and I ask that, once my memorandum has been filed, a copy be delivered to Satabous son of Horos, the president of the priests of the god Soknopaios, so that he may know that, in accordance with the declared contract, the share of the allowances falling to Harpagathes should remain mine, as is customary in other cases too, without prejudice to my right of execution against Harpagathes. Farewell.