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Petition to an unknown official concerning a water conduit that had been filled up during the absence of the owner.
Translation: ... after my said father had been summoned on the king's business, on the 24th of Epeiph in the 27th year Herakleon with others, of whose names I am ignorant, came to the water channel, which my father had constructed at great expense in the 30-arouras holding of Menelaos, and improperly blocked it up. Accordingly I present to you this notice and beg you ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)
Translation: ... after my said father had been summoned on the king's business, on the 24th of Epeiph in the 27th year Herakleon with others, of whose names I am ignorant, came to the water channel, which my father had constructed at great expense in the 30-arouras holding of Menelaos, and improperly blocked it up. Accordingly I present to you this notice and beg you ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)