p.lond.4.1466
[r] [… ? lines lost …] καταλάβῃς τὰ πρὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς μείζονας[…] ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς παγαρχίας [v] […]περὶ ναύλου πλοίου βαστάσαντος … ἐργάτας τοῦ δημοσίου
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19917
Fragment of an official letter about boat freight for public workmen TM 19917Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)709 - 714
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A small fragment of an official letter, probably from the Arab governor's administration to the pagarch of Aphrodito, mentioning village headmen from the same pagarchy. The docket on the back concerns the freight charge for a boat that carried workmen for public works. It dates to AD 709-714.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[… lines lost …]
you may reach (?) what concerns us
the headmen […]
from the same pagarchy
[verso]
[…] concerning the freight charge of a boat that carried … workmen of the public service
"Meizones" (headmen) were the chief officials of a village. The verso docket summarizes the letter's subject, the freight cost of transporting workers requisitioned for public service.
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.