Draft of official correspondence on donkeys and dispatch of boats TM 140310unbekanntV - VI

Fragmentary draft of an official letter, apparently addressed to a high official ('your magnificence'), with many deletions by the writer. It mentions requisitioning donkeys, a singularius of the governor's office, the records of a defensor, and the dispatch of boats. Late Roman or early Byzantine Egypt, 5th-6th century AD.

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The many deleted passages show this is a working draft. A singularius was a staff officer serving as messenger or executor in the governor's office; the ekdikos (defensor civitatis) was a municipal legal official.

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