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Koine Greek

Φιλοξένωι κοσμητεύσαντι στρατηγῶι
Ἀρσινοΐ
(*)
του Θεμίστου μερίδος
παρὰ Ἑρ[ι]έως τοῦ Σαταβοῦτος τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Σο-
κνεπαίου Νήσου. ἐμισθωσάμην ἔτι ἀπ[ὸ τοῦ]
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ιγ (ἔτους) θεοῦ Κλαυδίου ἐκ τῆς πρότερον Ναρκίσσου
οὐσίας ἐλαιουργῖον ἐπὶ φόρωι (δραχμῶν)
σ
καὶ ἐλαίου
χόεσι τρισί . ἔκτοτε δὲ τῶν προεστώτω[ν]
μὴ δόντων εἰς τὸ ὄργανον μήτε χοινικίδε[ς]
(*)
μήτε τὰ ἄλλα, ἃ ἔδει, αὐτὸς ἠναγκάσθην ἐκ
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τοῦ ἰδίου ἀγοράσας ἐξαρτίσαι καὶ μηχανὴ[ν]
ὁμοίως καὶ θυίας καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ἐνχρῄζοντα
πάλιν ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου, μηδεμίαν μου ἐπιστρ[ο-]
φὴν ποιησαμένων αὐτῶν. ἐπεὶ οὖν καὶ αὐ-
τὸ τὸ ἐλαιουργῖον συνεχυτρώθη καὶ ἠναγ-
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κάσθην δοκοὺς καὶ ἐρείσματα παρατιθένα[ι]
καὶ διετίαι ἀναγκάζομαι ἔξω τοῦ ἐλαιουργίου
ὢν τοὺς φόρους ἐξ [οἰ]κόθεν διαγράφειν, ἀξιῶ
οὐκέτι εὐ[τον]ῶν ὑπομέν[ειν] τὰς ζημίας
ἐπαναγκάσαι τοὺς πρ[ο]εστῶτας ἀπαρενόχλη-
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τόν με ποιῆσαι ὑπὲρ τ[ῶ]ν φόρων.

Latin

Apparatus
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2.
αρσινοϊτου papyrus
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8.
l. χοινικίδας

Translation into English

To the hospitable commander, Arsenios, of the portion of Themistos, from Herieus of Satabous, from the island of Soknepaia. I have rented still from the year of the god Claudius from the former estate of Narcissus an oil press for a fee (of drachmas) and three measures of oil. Since then, the superiors have not provided for the equipment nor for the other things that were necessary, I myself was compelled to purchase and prepare the equipment and likewise the sacrifices and the other things that were needed again from my own resources, with none of them making any return to me. Therefore, since the oil press was also mixed up and I was compelled to provide supports and to be forced to pay taxes outside of the oil press, I demand that I no longer endure the losses and compel the superiors to make me free from the taxes.