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Petition to from an inhabitant of the Arsinoe who had been appointed to superintend the sifting of grain received by the state.
Translation: To Antonius Moschianos Ulpianus the most powerful epistrategos, from Theon son of Maron inhabitant of the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome. Appointed, my lord, by Instantius Moderatus, the former epistrategos, to the sifting of state grain of the metropolis in the 31st year in the month Mesore, for which (appointment) it so happens that I was given by the scribes of the city ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)
Translation: To Antonius Moschianos Ulpianus the most powerful epistrategos, from Theon son of Maron inhabitant of the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome. Appointed, my lord, by Instantius Moderatus, the former epistrategos, to the sifting of state grain of the metropolis in the 31st year in the month Mesore, for which (appointment) it so happens that I was given by the scribes of the city ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)