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Petition against the village scribe Psais of Naboo for extortion TM 19449Naboo (Apollonopolites Heptakomias)7. Juni 119

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A petition from villagers of Naboo to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, complaining that the village scribe Psais abused them and extorted illegal collections of money and wheat. They ask for an investigation so that the treasury suffers no loss, dated 7 June AD 119.

In English machine translation

To Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomia nome, from Petemenekysis son of Petemenekysis son of Pnasis, and Ophieus son of Petemenekysis, and […], from the village of Naboo. Having been much abused by Psais, village scribe of Naboo, we are compelled to inform you that he has made a collection in the village of Naboo, extorting from some 20 drachmas, from others 12 drachmas and 8. And likewise he demanded other sums for the poll tax and the somatismos […] 6 artabas of wheat […] the tyrant having compared the somatismos of the 3rd year and of the past 2nd year with the direct measurement, we ask, lord, if it seems good to you, to make an investigation, so that the fiscus may suffer no loss, while our other claims against him remain reserved. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pauni 13. Ophieus son of Petemenekysis: I have submitted it as stated above. Pnekysis son of Petemenekysis: I have submitted it as stated above. […]nsareus […] […]

Somatismos appears to be a tax assessment or register based on persons, with no exact English equivalent; the petitioners call the scribe a 'tyrant'. The middle of the complaint is damaged, so the exact demands are uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beschwerdeschrift von Einwohnern des Dorfes Naboo über ihren κωμογραμματεύς). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 7. Juni 119 · Naboo (Apollonopolites Heptakomias)

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