Γαίωι Μινικίωι Ἰτάλωι τῶι [κ]υρίωι ἡγεμόνι παρὰ Ἀπίωνος τοῦ Ἀπίωνος τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως οἰνεμπόρου. τῶ[ι] β (ἔτει) Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Πασίων Σαραπίωνος κοινωνὸς καὶ δανειστὴς ὢν τελευτήσας ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἀποκηρύξας τὰ τέκνα ἐπὶ καταγνώσει διά- δοχον ἔσχε τὴν γυναῖκα Βερενείκην. ἥδε ἔχουσα τὸ φορτίον τοῦ οἴνου ἐντὸς αὑτῆς ὑπὸ κλ[εῖ]δ̣α τῆς πράσεως τὴν τειμὴν (*) ἐνέ- βόλησε (*) πᾶσαν ἐπιγνοῦσα τὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ ξένης τελευτήν. ἐ̣π̣ι̣τρείβεται (*) ὑπὸ τῶν κακοτρόπων υἱῶν μὴ̣ [ἀλ]η̣θεύειν ὃ ἐχείρισεν μηδʼ εἰς σύμβασιν̣ [αὐ]τ̣οῦ ἐλθεῖν οὔτε ἣν εἶχε̣ν̣ ἐνθήκης λόγ[ῳ] διευλυτοῦσα οὐδὲ τὰ γραπτὰ ἀναδ̣[ι]δ̣οῦσα ἔχουσα τὸ πᾶν θέμα πλανῶσα [ἐμ]ὲ καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. ἤλθαμεν εἰ̣ς̣ Δ̣ῖον τὸν στρατηγὸν εἰποῦσα· εἰσὶ ἔνγραπτα̣ [ ]ρ[ ]α τρισχειλίων (*) καὶ ἄλλ[α]ι ἐπʼ οἴνωι πε̣ντ̣[ακισ]χειλιας (*). ἰδὼν αὐτὴν ψευδομένην [ᾔτησε] τὴ̣ν̣ τοῦ ἀποθα- νόντο[ς] ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς Π̣[ασίωνος] ἐφημερίδα ἣν πολλάκις ἐπέφε[ρεν αὐτὸς ὄντ]ων παντὸς λόγου γ̣ρ̣απτῶν ἀριθμῷ ̣ ̣ ρ̣ι̣ων καὶ ἀγράφων ἐπὶ τὸ α̣ὐ̣τὸ πεντακισχειλίας (*) διακοσίας τεσ- σαράκον[τ]α ἐννέα τετρώβολον. διδαχθεῖσα μὴ ἐπι[φ]έρειν διὰ τὸν ἔλεγχον ἔκρυψε / ⎛μεθοδ̣[ε]ύ̣σασα τὸν στρατηγὸν σπουδήν τινα ⎞ 28a ὧν χάριν ἀδικουμε (*) ἐπί σε [κατ]αφεύγω ⎞ ⎜[ ] π̣αρέπεμψεν̣ ἀξιῶ ἐὰν φαίνητ[α]ι ⎞ [ ]σ̣οι ἐπιδειχθῆ ἡ̣[μ]ῖ̣ν κατοπτευσας (*) 30 [ ]η \τὴν στέρεσιν/ ⟦τὸ ψευδὲς ο̣ὕτως⟧ κα̣ὶ λ̣ό̣γ̣ο̣υ̣ς̣ τάξ̣[ε]σθαι [ὧν ἐχεί]ρισεν ἀπο\δι/δοῦσα ἣν ἔχει μου ἐνθήκη(ν) [καὶ τὰ γ]ραπτὰ ἵνʼ ὦ βεβοηθημένος ἐπὶ τοῦ [ ] κατʼ εὐεργεσίαν ὑ[π]ό σου ⟦καὶ τῷ κυρίωι⟧ ⎟ ⟦ [ ]ἕτερον ἐπιδωκα⟧ (*) (ἔτους) ε Αὐτοκράτορος ⎟ [Καίσαρος] Ν̣έρ̣ο̣υ̣α̣ Τ̣ραιανοῦ Σεβ[α]στοῦ Γερμανικοῦ ⎠ [ὧν χάρι]ν ἀδικούμενος ἐπ̣ί̣ σε τὸν πάντων [ἀνθρώπ]ω̣ν̣ εὐεργέτην κ̣α̣[τ]αφεύγω καὶ ἀξιῶι (*) [ἐὰν φαί]ν̣ηται γράψαι τῷ τοῦ νομοῦ στρατηγῷ [διαλαβε]ῖν ὡς ἐνδέχεται. διευτύχει. [ἐδ]όθη τῷ ἡγεμόνι ἐν Κῶι Φαμε(νώθ) κ . [Γαίωι Μινικί]ωι Ἰτάλωι τῶι κ̣[ρα(τίστῳ)] ἡ̣γεμόνι ἔδωκα ἔτει ⎞ [ ]χρι διὰ τὸν ἔλ[εγ]χον ἔκρυψε πρὸς ἀνα- ⎟ [ ]ὧ]ν χάριν ἀδικο[ύμε]νος ἐ̣πί σε τ̣ὸν πάντων ⎟ [ἀνθρώπων εὐε]ρ̣[γ]έτην κα[τα]φεύγωι (*) ἀξιῶ ἐὰν ⎟ [φαίνηται γράψαι] τῷ τοῦ νομ̣[οῦ] στρατηγῷ διαλαβεῖν ⎟ [ὡς ἐνδέχετα]ι̣. διευ[τ(ύχει)]. ⎠
(ἔτους) ε Αὐτοκράτορος ⎟ [Καίσαρος] Ν̣έρ̣ο̣υ̣α̣ Τ̣ραιανοῦ Σεβ[α]στοῦ Γερμανικοῦ
To Gaius Minicius Italus, the lord governor, from Apion, son of Apion, of the city of Oxyrhynchus, a wine merchant. In the year of Trajan Caesar, the lord, Pasios Sarapion, being a partner and lender, having passed away in Alexandria, having declared his children in the presence of witnesses, he left his wife Berenice. She, having the load of wine within herself, under the seal of the transaction, the payment (*) she made known (*) all, having recognized the death of her husband in a foreign land. She is being pressed (*) by the wicked sons not to reveal what she has handled, nor to come to any agreement with him, nor to disclose the terms of the deposit, nor to reveal the written documents, having the whole matter wandering about me every day. We came to Dium, the general, saying: there are written documents [ ] of three thousand (*) and other things concerning wine of five hundred (*) . Seeing her lying, he asked for the newspaper of her deceased husband Pasios, which he had often brought to her, being of all written matters in number [ ] and unwritten concerning the same five hundred (*) two hundred and forty-nine. Having been taught not to bring forth due to the scrutiny, she hid / ⎛having methodically approached the general with some urgency ⎞ 28a for which reason I am wronged (*) I flee to you [for refuge] ⎞ ⎜[ ] he sent me back, I demand if they seem ⎞ [ ] to be shown to us having spied out (*) 30 [ ] the deprivation / the falsehood thus ⟦and to arrange the words ⟧ of which he has handled, giving back what I have in deposit (and the written documents) so that, O helper, I may be upon the [ ] for the sake of benefaction under you ⟦and to the lord ⟧ ⎟ ⟦ [ ] I will give another ⟧ (*) (of the year) e of the Emperor ⎟ [Caesar] Nero Trajan Augustus Germanicus ⎠ [for which reason] being wronged I flee to you, the benefactor of all men, and I demand (*) [if it seems] to write to the general of the law to take it up as it is possible. It is successful. [It was] given to the governor in Coe Phamenoth. [To Gaius Minicius] Italus, the most excellent governor, I gave in the year ⎞ [ ] until due to the scrutiny she hid towards the [ ] for which reason being wronged I flee to you, the benefactor of all men, and I demand if it seems to write to the general of the law to take it up as it is possible. It is successful. ⎠