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Fragment of an official report or letter addressed to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome. It reports on Hierax, who was ordered to collect accounts from Lampon and his associates, and mentions a five-day account from the dike overseers.
The machairophoros was an armed guard or attendant of officials; the line about him seems to be a separate list-like entry. The meaning of diamisthotikon (here 'leasing period') is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines amtlichen Schreibens an Apollonios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]…δ[…]Ἱέραξ κελευσθεὶς ὑπὸ σοῦ παρὰ τῶν περὶ Λάμπωνα λόγους λαβεῖν οὓς ὀφείλουσι τοῦ διεληλυθότος καὶ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος διαμισθωτικοῦ ληρεῖ· Ἱέραξ ὁ μαχαιροφόρος ὁμοίως παρὰ χωματεπιμελητῶν λόγον πενθημέρου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι κύριέ μου. [v] Ἀπολλωνίωι στρατ…
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