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Beginning of a petition by Satabous son of Herieus, a priest of Soknopaiou Nesos, concerning a loan of 325 silver drachmas he made in Year 41 of Augustus to the priest Harpagathes son of Panephrommis. Under the loan contract Harpagathes had pledged his share of the temple perquisites of Soknopaios to Satabous; the rest of the complaint is lost.
The term philanthropa here refers to the income or benefits a priest received from the temple, pledged as security for the loan. "Persian of the epigone" is a legal status designation common in loan contracts of the period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petizione). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
παρὰ Σαταβοῦτος τοῦ Ἑργέως νεωτέρου τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς νήσου τοῦ Σοκνοπαίου ἱερέων· ἐν τῶι μα ἔτει Καίσαρος ἐδάνεισα Ἁρπαγάθηι Πανεφρόμμιος Πέρσῃ τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ἱερεῖ κατὰ συγγραφὴν δανείου ἀργυρίου κεφαλαίου δραχμὰς τκε. διὰ δὲ τῆς αὐτῆς συγγραφῆς ὁ Ἁρπαγάθης ἐδήλωσεν πάντα τὰ ὑποπίπτοντ…
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