βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι καὶ βασιλίσσηι Κλεοπάτραι τῆι ἀδελφῆι θεοῖς Φιλομήτορσι χαίρειν Ἁρενδώτης Π̣ετεύριος ὑμέτερος γεωργὸς τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν Ὀξυρύγχοις τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου. τοῦ λδ (ἔτους) μισθωσαμένου μου παρὰ Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου φυλακίτου (δεκαρούρου) τῶν ἀποτεταγμένων ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν Πτολεμ[α]ί[δ]ι [κατα-] μεμετρημένους (ἀρούρας(?)) [ -ca.?- ] γ̣ῆ̣ς̣ σ̣ιτοφόρου ὑπὲρ ὧν λόγους πρὸς τὸν Ἡρακλείδην ποιουμένου μου ἠξίωσεν προδοῦναι αὐτῶι ⟦τὴν γεγενημένην⟧/ τὰ γινόμενα αὐτῶι ἐκφόρια \τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους/ εἰς τὴν ἀνάλυσιν τοῦ κατʼ ἐμοῦ κ̣ου [̣ ̣ ̣ χρη]μ̣α̣τι̣σμοῦ \καὶ ἔτους/ Traces μ Traces ca. 18 characters φ̣ο̣ρω[ν] Traces ca. 20 characters μεταβο̣λ̣ὴ̣ν̣ ἔχε̣ι̣ν̣ τοῦ ἀπενέγκασθαι εἰς τ̣ὴ̣ν̣ ο̣ἰ̣κ̣ί̣α̣ν̣ προδεδωκὼς αὐτῶι \καὶ ἀνηλωκὼς/ κατὰ χειμ̣ῶνα τ̣ὰ̣ ἐκφόρια ἐ̣π̣ελθὼν ὁ Ἡρακλείδης καὶ ἀθετήσας τὴν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὑπάρχουσαν πίστιν καὶ [ -ca.?- ] προσλαβόμενός τε σύνεργον Ὡρίωνα τὸν ἀ̣π̣ὸ̣ Ὀξυρύ(γχων) ἀρχιφυ(λακίτην) ἐκώλυσάν με καὶ ὃν πρότ̣ερον εἴασάν με ἀπενέγκασθαι εἰ μὴ ὁ Ὡρίων ἠνάγκασέ με σύ(μβολα) τῶι \Ἡρακλείδηι/ προέσθαι αὐτῶι ἐπιστολὴν περὶ τοῦ θ̣ή̣σειν τὰ ἐκφόρια ἐν παραθέσει. ὑπὲρ \μὲν/ ὧν βουλομένου μου τὸν προσ-ήκοντα λόγον πρὸς αὐτοὺς ποιήσασθαι ὁ αὐτὸς Ἡρακλείδης καὶ Ὡρίων ἐπιπορευόμενοι ἐπὶ τὴ[ν] οἰκίαν μου ποιοῦνται ἐνεχυρασίας πράσοντες ἐμὲ ἐγ (* ) δευτέρας τὰ ἐκφόρια. οὐ καθῆκον ἀρν̣ο̣ῦ̣νται περὶ συμβολαίων δ̣ι̣α̣κ̣ούειν ἅ τε ἐ̣ν̣ χρηματισμῶι διεξάγεσθαι καὶ τοῦτο κατʼ ἐμὲ ποιήσαντες τὰ̣ς̣ ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων κ̣α̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ονας τέ̣ρ̣πειν διʼ ὧν ἐπάν(αγκον) τὴν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς καταφυγὴν πεποιημένος δέομαι ὑμῶν ἀποστεῖλαί μου τὴν ἔντευ(ξιν) ἐπὶ τοὺς τὰ ἰδιωτικὰ κρίνοντας χρηματιστὰς ὧν εἰσαγωγεὺς Ἁρμόδιος ὅπως διαλέξαντες αὐτὴν εἰς κατάστασιν καὶ ἀνακαλεσά- μενοι τόν τε Ἡρακλείδην καὶ Ὡρίωνα δι[ὰ Θ]εοδώρου τοῦ τῆς κώμης ἐπιστάτου προστάξωσιν [α]ὐτοῖς μὴ περισπᾶν με ἐπὶ τὸ μὴ κλοπῶν ἄρχειν μηδʼ εἰσβιάζεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν μου καὶ τὸ ἐνεχυράζειν τ̣ρόπ̣ω̣ι̣ μ̣η̣δεν̣ὶ α̣νται̣- Traces ν τ̣ὰς ἐντεύξε̣ι̣ς̣ τ̣υ̣χ̣εῖν το̣ῦ̣ ̣ ̣ α̣ Traces 40 εὐτυχεῖτε.
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To King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, the sister of the gods, Philometor, greetings from Harendotes, your farmer of those dwelling in Oxyrhynchus of the territory of Arsinoe. In the 34th year (of the reign), I have rented from Heracleides, the Heracleides of the guard (of the ten), of those appointed over the lands measured in the Ptolemaic territory, the land that is fertile for grain, for which I have made a request to Heracleides to grant me the harvests of the same year for the settlement of my debts. The Heracleides, having come and having rejected the trust existing among men, and having taken as an ally Orion from Oxyrhynchus, the chief guard, prevented me and he who had previously allowed me to carry out the harvests unless Orion compelled me to present to Heracleides a letter concerning the harvests in the arrangement. For what I wished, the same Heracleides and Orion, having gone to my house, are making pledges against me for the second harvests. They do not cease to refuse to discuss the contracts and to conduct the financial matters, and having done this concerning me, they are causing troubles in the places for which I have made a refuge against you. I beg you to send me the petition to those judging the private matters, whose collector is Harmodios, so that having chosen it for a settlement and having called both Heracleides and Orion through Theodoros, the overseer of the village, they may command them not to disturb me in not ruling over thefts nor to invade my house and to pledge in any way the petitions that may happen to be.