Official letter from Taos and the elders of the farmersTaosAPISberkeley.apis.251(CU)251p.tebt.1.22P.Tebt.0022Taos and the elders of the farmers of Kerkeosiris address Menches, the village scribe, about a dispute concerning a payment of seed to them.Verso publishedMargins: top, 1.5 cm.; left, 2.5 cm.; bottom, 2.4 cm.6th year of Ptolemy IX Soter II, 21st of the Egyptian month PhaophiMenches archive1562Greek1 papyrus ; 25 x 12.5 cm.21 lines, on recto along the fibers.On verso, along the fibers, address; across the fibers, two lines
Regular cursive; occasional word divisions
9 Nov. 112 B.C.KerkeosirisMenchesApynchisKotys
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APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekPayment; Seed distributionKerkeosirisBusiness letters, Ptolemaic periodPapyri
Taos, komarches, and the elders of the cultivators to Menches, greeting. On the 20th of Phaophi Apynchis met you about the matters on which we had a dispute concerning the land, and for your sake I came to an agreement on most points. Accordingly we sent on the 21st for the seed, but Kotys refused to pay it, referring the matter to the inspector, whereupon we have no sent Apynchis again. Tell us who is at fault. � As for the inspector, if he still continues to oppose the payment of the seed, send him to us under arrest. Good-bye. The 6th year, Phaophi 21. (Addressed on the verso) To Menches.