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Letter from the decurion Eulogios to the praepositus about a detained grain official TM 10026Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)ca. 346

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Letter from Eulogios, a decurion, to his superior the praepositus (Flavius Abinnaeus), reporting that he sent the soldiers to the camp but found the official in charge of grain detained by the governor's staff and taken to the city. He mentions arrangements for loading barley at Theoxenis and asks for instructions. Written around AD 346, probably in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] To my master and patron the praepositus, Eulogios, decurion, greetings in the Lord. As you sent Syros the soldier to me concerning our soldiers and the epimeletes, I immediately sent the soldiers to the camp, but the epimeletes I found being held by an officialis of the governor on account of all the grain which he had received, and the exactor also wrote that he be led off with two public servants, and so he has been taken up to the city because of the governor's visit. And after two days I am bringing him to the camp, and I made him give letters to the people of Theoxenis concerning the loading of the barley. I sent 10 sacks by Kiales, and write back to me concerning the loading of the barley, and whether you order me to come up to the camp. I pray for your health for many years, lord patron. [verso] To my master and patron the praepositus, Eulogios, decurion.

Part of the archive of Flavius Abinnaeus, commander at Dionysias. The epimeletes was a liturgical official responsible for grain collection or delivery; the exactor was the chief tax-collecting officer of the nome.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 346 · Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

[r] τῷ δεσπότῃ μου καὶ πάτρωνι πραιποσίτῳ Εὐλόγιος δεκαδάρχης ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. καθὼς ἀπέστειλας Σύρον τὸν στρατιώτην πρός με ἕνεκεν τῶν ἡμετέρων στρατιωτῶν καὶ τοῦ ἐπιμελητοῦ, ἀπέστειλα εὐθέως τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐπὶ τὰ κάστρα, τὸν δὲ ἐπιμελητὴν εὗρον αὐτὸν ὀφφικιάλιον τοῦ ἡγεμόνος …