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Report of Cornelius to the strategos Apollonios on summonses and grain collection TM 19453Apollonopolites Heptakomias

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A letter from Cornelius to Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome, reporting that he had presented the persons summoned except one man said to be in Lykonpolis, had largely completed the collection of wheat and other produce, and had met opposition from the village tax collector. The latter part, involving a Cretan named Didymos acting for Antonius, is badly damaged.

In English machine translation

[recto] Cornelius to the most honoured Apollonios, greetings. As you ordered Arrianus […], when he came here I caused all those who had to be presented before you to be presented, except A[…] son of Kollouthos from Poïs, who was reported to be in Lykonpolis. The […] of the wheat and the other produce I completed for the most part. But the village collector (praktor) opposed me. Concerning these matters […] Didymos, a Cretan, on behalf of Antonius […] to have received, because they were measured under him […] concerning which […] […] he told me […] you may decide. [verso] To Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias.

Apollonios was strategos in the early 2nd century AD and his archive is well known. A praktor was a local official responsible for collecting taxes or dues.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Amtliches Schreiben des Kornelios 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Apollonopolites Heptakomias

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