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A letter from the Arab governor of Egypt, Qurra ibn Sharik, to Basileios, administrator (pagarch) of Aphrodito, about the search for fugitives in his district. Basileios is ordered to register anew anyone found there who had not been assigned by the governor's office, and is warned he has no excuse for failing.
The opening line naming Qurra is entirely restored on the pattern of his other letters to Basileios. The Greek 'symboulos' was the standard title for the Arab governor in these documents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Θεοῦ Κορρα υἱὸς Σζεριχ σύμβουλος Βασιλείῳ διοικητῇ κώμης Ἀφροδιτώ. εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπίστασαι ὡς ἠθελήκαμεν ἀνῦσαι τὸ διὰ τῶν ὄντων φυγάδων ἐν τῇ διοικήσει σου καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωμεν τὸ πῶς διεγένου ἀλλʼ ὡς υπ[…]λ[…] εἰς τοῦτο. δεχόμενος οὖν τὰ παρόντα …
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