Official letter mentioning a memorandum sent to the tribune Paulus in the capital TM 128656Arsinoites (?)

Fragment of an official letter, probably from the Arsinoite nome in the Byzantine period, addressed to a high-ranking lord. The writers say they sent a memorandum to the imperial capital to their fellow-servant, the tribune Paulus, so that he would know how to account for a transaction and certain outgoings.

In English machine translation

"Fellow-servant" (syndoulos) is a deferential term for a colleague in the service of the same master; the "imperial city" is presumably Constantinople. The word rendered "expenditures" (exitionon) is uncertain in form and meaning.

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