Letter about a chief of police and men sent back, with list of names TM 17334unbekanntca. 200

Fragment of a letter, written on the back of a sheet bearing a list of names (Stephanos, Saras, Ptollas). The writer reports on dealings involving a village chief of police connected with Dositheos and some men he sent back, and asks the recipient to settle the matter if they come up while he is still in the area. It dates to about AD 200.

In English machine translation

The verb ekplesso is used here in the sense of 'settle, deal with' rather than its usual 'astonish'; the exact meaning is uncertain. An archephodos was a local police chief, and a phrontistes an estate manager or agent.

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.