Letter between royal scribes about property of persons who died intestate TM 17347unbekannt

Official letter from one royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) to the royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, replying to his inquiry about the property of persons who died without heirs. He reports that, according to those responsible, they owned nothing in his nome.

In English machine translation

The royal scribe was a senior nome financial official; estates without heirs (aklēronomēta) fell to the state, hence the inquiry into their resources (poros). The meaning of the reference to 'mines' is unclear owing to the gap.

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