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Fragmentary official letter from Apollonios, strategos of the Apollonopolite Heptakomias nome, to Didymos and Herakleios, inspectors (episkeptai) of the same nome. He mentions being occupied with collecting the grain tax and other pending business, and reports a message he received; the rest is lost.
Episkeptai were officials who inspected land, especially to assess its condition for taxation. The name Hermaios is an editorial restoration and uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Apollonios an die Episkeptai). 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] Ἀπολλώνιος στρατηγὸς Ἀπολλωνοπολίτου Ἑπτακωμίας Διδύμωι καὶ Ἡρακλείωι ἐπισκέπταις τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ τοῖς φιλτάτοις χαίρειν. ἀνθελκόμενος περὶ τὴν εἴσπραξιν τοῦ σιτικοῦ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα μετέωρα τῆς στρατηγίας, ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ καταργηθῆναι ὑμᾶς, ἐπέσταλκέ μοι Ἑρμαῖος ?, ὅτι εὐσχήμονες τα …
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