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An official letter from a higher official to the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, forwarding a signed copy of a petition by Sarapion son of Terentius, secretary of a tax collector, who accused another collector. The strategos is told to investigate and decide the matter without holding up tax collection. It dates to the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 166-169, at Oxyrhynchus.
A praktor was a collector of taxes or dues; the sender's name and the regnal year are lost. The closing lines are too damaged for a sure reading.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Α[…]στρατηγῶι Ὀξυρυγχείτου χαίρειν. βιβλιδίων ἐπιδοθέντων μοι ὑπὸ Σαραπίωνος Τερεντίου γραμματέως πράκτορος τὸ ἕτερον σημιωσάμενος ἔπεμψά σοι, ὅπως διαγνοὺς μεταξὺ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὗ αἰτιᾶται ἑτέρου πράκτορος τὰ προσήκοντα ἀποφήνῃ, μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου τῶν πράσσεσθαι ὀφειλόντων. ἐρρῶσθαί…
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