Petition [October 11, 3 AD] Marsisouchos, son of Marres APIS columbia.apis.p244 (NNC)aaa1168 p.col.8.209 Col.inv. 6 Petition to the basilikos grammateus by Marsisouchos against Soterichos charging that Soterichos unjustly interrupted his farming activities, sent the praktor and the policeman to arrest him, and took his cloak and receipts for poll-tax Written along the fibers; the back is blank 46 lines of writing in a fast, practiced hand An almost identical version of the same text addressed to a different official was published in 2 parts: P.Mert. I 8 and P.Mil. II 43 In Greek 1papyrus fragment ; 9.4 x 34 cm 3 CE

Purchased by Columbia University from M. Nahman through H.I. Bell, in July 1923; no. 15 (original no. IV.3) in Bell's inventory

 APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent. English In Greek Asklepiades, -- basilikos grammateus Soterichos, -- secretary of komogrammateus of Philadelphia Petition Papyri
To Asklepiades, basilikos grammateus, from Marsisouchos son of Marres, a resident of Theadelphia of the Themistos Division, state farmer. In the present 33rd year of Caesar I have received by cession from Pnepheros son of Tithoues, a state farmer, the 24 arouras of public land in his name near the village; after I had undertaken work on them and diked them and partially irrigated them for the sowing of the same year, on some pretext or other Soterichos, a scribe of the komogrammateus of the village, sent the praktor and the policeman to the fields, and they arrested me and handed me over to the ... of Soterichos, even though I owed absolutely nothing, and I was not released until I had given security. And the same Soterichos took my cloak away and impeded me in the work connected with the sowing of the public fields which I farm, although the season was pressing, so as for no small harm to result for me. Accordingly, since Soterichos has with him my receipt for the poll-tax of six years, I ask you to give orders to cause Soterichos to appear before you, so that he may receive orders to leave me alone and be compelled to return to me what he has of mine, so that the public revenues may suffer no harm. Farewell. Year 33 of Caesar, Phaophi 13.
P.Col. VIII 209 Published by C.W. Keyes, CP 23 (1928) 25-29 (SB IV 7376); cf. Wilcken Archiv 9 (1930) 245 and 15 (1953) 119; Daris, Aegyptus 45 (1965) 158-64; BL 5.100; plate 18 in P.Col. VIII P.Col.:8:209