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Letter from the official Helladios to Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano (Upper Apollonopolis), ordering him to send lists of fugitives and of strangers living in his pagarchy, and to collect 3 solidi from each stranger and forward the gold. It is dated Pharmouthi 22 of an indiction 4.
The Greek gnosis here means a written list or register. Helladios is described in the catalogue as topoteretes, a deputy official; the address is largely restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De Helladios: ordres du topotérète concernant fugitifs et étrangers). 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] […]γνῶσιν τῶν φυγόντων ἀνθρώπων […]ἅμα οὖν τῇ ἀναγνώσει τῆς παρούσης ἐπιστολῆς ταύτην πέμψατε εὐθέως […]γνῶσιν μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν γνώσεων […] εὕρω. ἀλλὰ πάντως ἆς καταλάβῃ με ἡ αὐτὴ γνῶσις διὰ πάσης συντομίας ὁπουδάν εἰμι, καὶ τὴν γνῶσιν τῶν ξένων τῶν ὄντων εἰς τὴν παγαρχίαν ὑμῶ…
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