Official letter concerning collection of the public gold taxes TM 19845Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)709 - 714

Fragment of an official letter, evidently from the Arab governor of Egypt to the local administrator (pagarch) of Aphrodito, about the collection of a fixed quantity of public gold taxes. The writer announces an inquiry into how the official has handled the collection and gives instructions on what to do if the sums have already been gathered.

In English machine translation

Much of the text is restored from parallel letters of the governor Qurra ibn Sharik in the same archive. The word translated 'cutting' (kopē) is obscure in this context.

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.