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Fragment of an imperial rescript addressed to high officials concerning a complaint from a man of the village of Aphrodite. He reported that the taxes of the eleventh indiction were collected by or under the most magnificent Theodosios but not paid to the treasury, so the villagers faced double collection; the emperor orders the officials to investigate and, if the complaint is true, not to permit it. It dates to about September-October 548 and belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
The rescript calls itself an epistole (letter). Patronage (patrocinium) refers to the protection of villages by powerful landowners, often used to channel tax payments.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rescrit). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
An imperial rescript, addressed to several functionaries - to the dux and to the praeses. An unknown person has addressed a plea to the Emperor about the conduct of a certain Theodosios, who has collected the taxes of the village of Aphrodito but has kept them for his personal …
προσῆλθεν ἡμῖν, ὁρμᾶσθαι μὲν λέγων ἀπὸ Ἀφροδίτης τῆς κώμης ημι……………ικε……… ὑπὸ Θεοδοσίῳ δὲ τῷ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ ταύτην τ…… … ἐκεῖνον ἐπιλεγόμενον τούς τε δημοσίους φόρους ἑτέρους τε …… ὀνόματος πατρωνικίων ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρτίως διαδραμούσης ἑνδεκάτης ἐπινεμήσεως τὴν μὲν ὑπὲρ τῶν π[…]δικα…
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