APIS Translation (English)
[- - -] because we have no place in which we can make our work, nor are we enough supplied with rolls, we ask, in order that we were not separated far from you because of your ignorance, that you order bricks, wood, and reed to be brought, so that a small, temporary house can be built for us [- - - so that] we don't come short of completing any of the useful things, and that we can summon those who have administered (the funds) and find out what we want by questioning them, and that we don't disregard any of the royal (affairs). And for the rest, be kind enough to send for 100 rolls for us, the price of which we shall bring to the account of Apollonios. Once the rolls and the place are given to us, we can not only repay the price of the rolls from the arrears . . . [- - -]. Indeed, it is not a small quantity of money, as well as of grain.;I don't think that you ignore, save that we will make it clear for you, of what there is need(?) for you, if you want to give yourself up to us, in order that we can live decently: here is what we ask you to do for us: for the secretaries, (who are) three: for the one, 5 drachmai and 1 artaba 1/2 of wheat, and for the two others, 3 drachmai and 1 artaba 1/2 of wheat each, what makes for the year 132 drachmai and 54 artabai of wheat; and to pay for ourself for the present, until we meet Apollonios, by month, 3 artabai of wheat for food and 10 drachmai for salary. May you prosper.