Menches, kômogrammateus (village scribe) of Kerkeosiris, to Horos, greeting. I reported to you in another letter on the 3rd of the current month the case of Polemon who is performing the duties of epistatês of the village, how he was grossly insulted by Apollodoros and his son. These persons persisting in their violent behavior on the ... of the same month Mesore broke into the house of Petesouchos the son of Polemon the epistatês armed with a sword and ... (carried off) eight drachmas of silver; regarding which Petesouchos has handed in the following statement. Therefore I thought it well to report the matter for your information. To whom it concerns. See that they are made to appear and receive suitable punishment.
Polemon to Menches his brother, greeting. I received what you wrote to me, and as for the cultivators whom you said you were sending, I do not require them. Asklepiades has pressed on matters and has imposed in addition to the proper amount 1000 artabas of wheat more, besides money, so I am anxious to make haste. Regarding the kômogrammateis (village scribes) whom you mention, they will hardly depart until the 25th. You will be right in not diminishing the report compared with the first one, in order that we may make a good show, and for the rest please hurry on the collection of taxes. Take care of yourself so as to remain in good health. Good-bye. The 3rd year, Pachon 19. (Addressed on the verso) To Menches.
(Lines 1 – 19) To king Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra the sister and Queen Cleopatra the wife, gods Euergetai, from Menches, kômogrammateus (village scribe) of Kerkeosiris in the division of Polemon in the Arsinoite nome, and his brother Polemon. On Hathyr 17 of the present 53rd year it came to our knowledge that Asklepiades, one of the agents of Aminias, epistatês of the phylakitai of the said nome, was to come to the village, and in accordance with (custom) we came to meet him together with the kômarchês of the village and some of the elders of the cultivators and Demetrios, who is performing the functions of epistatês and archiphylakitês of the said village, and other persons, and having no ... we saluted him. But he arrested us and likewise Demetrios and one of the cultivators, Marres son of Petos, alleging that information had been laid against us and Maron son of Diodoros and Petesouchos son of N.N., and Hermon son of N.N., inhabitants of the said village, and Artemidoros, kômogrammateus of Ibion Eikosipentarouron, by Haryotes son of Harsiesis, an inhabitant of Krokodilon polis, to the effect that they had dined with him at a certain inn in the village and he had been poisoned.