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Beginning of a petition from Apollodoros to Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris, regarding the smuggle of oil.
Translation: To Menches, komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris, from Apollodoros, the contractor for the retailing and the tax upon oil at the same village for the 4th year. My tax-farming contract … into extraordinary poverty because of those who are smuggling into the village and illicitly selling contraband oil and kiki … (here the papyrus breaks off)
Translation: To Menches, komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris, from Apollodoros, the contractor for the retailing and the tax upon oil at the same village for the 4th year. My tax-farming contract … into extraordinary poverty because of those who are smuggling into the village and illicitly selling contraband oil and kiki … (here the papyrus breaks off)