Official letter from Alexandros to Philon, enclosing copies of a letter sent by Alexandros to Aniketos and of a memorandum received from him.
Translation: Alexandros to Philon, greeting. Below is a copy of a letter to my agent Aniketos. You will accordingly do well to issue orders yourself that the persons are not to be molested before I arrive and give their statements proper attention. Goodbye. The 19th year, Pha... To Aniketos. Below is a copy of the memorandum presented to me by Ammonios, Sitologos of Boubastos in the division of Herakleides. Let safe-conducts be given to the persons specified and let them remain at the duty assigned to them until I arrive on the spot and give due attention to their assertions. To Alexandros, epimeletes, from Ammonios, sitologos of Boubastos in the division of Herakleides. … presented a memorandum to Bakchon the dioiketes in which he declared that he owed [the account?] of the … year a further amount of 2500 artabas of wheat and [would pay?] through a stated agent (?) 5000 art. of wheat, free from unsubstantial receipts or other impostures, believing that he would be cleared of the debt… (Addressed on the verso) To the archiphylakites Philon. Aresono( ?)