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Petition of a weaver against extortion by a tax collector TM 20555Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Ägypten)ca. 50

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Petition from Alexandros son of Apollonios, a weaver of Oxyrhynchus, to the strategos Tiberius Claudius Pasion, complaining that the former tax collector Apollophanes extorted 16 silver drachmas from him in instalments during the 8th year of Claudius. He asks the strategos to take action against him. Written at Oxyrhynchus around AD 50.

In English machine translation

To Tiberius Claudius Pasion, strategos, from Alexandros son of Apollonios, of the weavers of the city of Oxyrhynchus, of the quarter of the Dromos of Thoeris. I was extorted by Apollophanes, who was collector (praktor) in the 8th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, in instalments, of 16 drachmas of silver. Therefore I ask you to proceed against him as seems good to you.

The verb diaseio means to extort money by intimidation; the 8th year of Claudius is AD 47/48. The praktor was a collector of taxes and dues.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Extortion by a Tax - Collector). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.oxy.2.284

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 50 · Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Ägypten)

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