Strategos forwards to the council of Arsinoe a letter concerning an assistant of the dekaprotoi TM 11605Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)253 - 261

A fragmentary official letter from the strategos of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome to the city council of Arsinoe, forwarding a copy of a letter from Aurelius Tiberinus concerning Aurelius Hesperos, an assistant of the dekaprotoi. It dates to the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus.

In English machine translation

Much of the formulaic wording, including the strategos's title and the description of Hesperos as assistant of the dekaprotoi, is restored by the editor. The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for tax collection.

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