Νικάνορι ἐπιμελητῆι. πολλάκ[ις] σοι γέγραφα, διότι καταδεδυ-
ναστεύομαι ἐν τῆι φυλ[α]κῆι λιμῶι παραπολλύμενος, μῆνές
εἰσιν δέκα, παραν̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ μ̣ε ἀδίκως ἀπηγμένον, οὗ ἕ̣νε-
κεν ἐπιμελητὴς η̣ι̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ] ὅπως ἂν τὸ δίκαιον π̣ᾶ̣σ̣ι̣ [γένη-]
ται ⟦διὰ σοῦ⟧ τοῖς ἐν [τῆι χώραι(?)](?)(*)
διὰ σοῦ. ὑπάρχοντος γ̣ὰ̣ρ̣ ἐν τ[ῶ]ι διαγράμματι· ἐὰν δέ τινες τ̣οῖ[ς] ἐν̣
[Ἀλ]εξανδρείαι \ἢ̣ ἐ̣ν̣ τῆ̣ι̣/ χ̣ώ̣ρα̣ι̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ] ἀρχ[είοις](*)
ἢ τοῖς τούτων ὑπηρέταις ἢ [τ]οῖς ἄ̣λ̣λοις τοῖς πραγματευομένοις \τι/ ⟦
̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ α⟧ τ̣[ῶν] βασιλικῶν ἐνκαλέσωσιν, τ[ὸ] δίκαιο[ν]
δώσουσιν καὶ λήμψοντα̣ι̣ ἐπ[ὶ] τῶν ἀποδεδειγμένων ἐπισκόπων, [οἷ]ς
(*)
ἂ[ν] ὁ διοικητὴς συντάσσηι ἢ δ̣ε̣ή̣σει συντελεῖσθαι τὰ κατὰ τὸ [κρίμα].
20 ἐ̣ὰ̣ν̣ δὲ ἦ̣ι̣ (*)
κρίμα ἃ πρὸς Δημή-
τ̣ρίον καὶ Ἀπολλώνιον σ̣υ̣ν̣[γ]έγραφα ἐπὶ Διονυσιοδώρου τοῦ ἐπιμελητ̣[εύ-]
σαντος περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἔκρινεν γράφειν με κ̣α̣ὶ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ 25
ἔδωκαν τοῖς χρηματιστα[ῖς περὶ] τῶν αὐτῶν. τῆς Διοφανοῦ[ς οὖν ἀ]κ̣ρ̣ι̣-
βίας ἕνεκεν ἀπήχθην. ἀξι-
ῶ σε δεόμενος μή με ἀπολέσηι τῶι λιμῶι ἐν τῆι φυλακῆι,
30 ἀλλὰ γράψαι τῶι διοικη-
τῆι περὶ τούτων ἢ ἀπο[σ]τ̣έ̣λ̣λ̣[ειν] με ἐπʼ αὐτὸν
̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ] ς ἵνα τῆς σ̣ω̣τ̣η̣ρίας τύχω.
Apparatus
^ 9. BL 3.117 : [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] prev. ed.
^ 12. cf. BL 3.145 : \/ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ρ ̣ι̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]α̣ρ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] prev.
^ 17. cf. BL 1.381 : [οὓ]σ prev. ed.
^ 20. cf. BL 1.381 : δέη̣ι̣ prev. ed.
To Nikānos, the steward. I have written to you many times, because I am unable to manage in the prison, being greatly troubled by the famine; there are ten months, and I have been unjustly imprisoned, for which reason I am a steward, so that justice may be done to all through you in the land.
Through you. For there exists in the document: if some of those in Alexandria or in the land, in the archives or to their servants or to the others who are dealing with the royal matters, should call upon them, they will give justice and will take it upon the proven overseers, whom the governor may appoint or may request to be done according to the judgment.
If there is a judgment concerning Demetrius and Apollonius, which I have written about to Dionysiodorus, the steward concerning these matters, it has been decided that I should write and they have given to the financiers concerning these matters. Therefore, on account of the accuracy of Diophanes, I have been brought forth. I beseech you, not to destroy me in the famine in the prison, but to write to the governor concerning these things or to send me to him, so that I may attain safety.