An official letter from the nomarch of the Antinoite nome to the royal scribe of the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome. Citing a ruling by the former prefect Magnus about Egyptians married to Antinoite women, it asks that four men from Tebtynis and Narmouthis be relieved of poll-tax in the Arsinoite and pay it instead at Antinoopolis, where they live.
In English machine translation
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[…], nomarch of Antinoou (?), […] to [the royal scribe] of the Arsinoite [nome, division of Polemon], his [dearest, greeting].
[…] to the (city) of Antinoos, of those allotted (?) and […] allotment […] to be exempt from the [poll-taxes] […] for fourteen years […] only the simple (rate).
[…] women of Antinoopolis, the investigation [having taken place], Magnus, the former prefect, having examined [the matter] in a hearing through minutes on the 1st of Phamenoth, [among other things] concerning those of this category gave judgement as follows: Magnus: […] Egyptians with Antinoite women […] remain, that they make (them) Antinoites […] that they themselves are liable to the poll-taxes […] to them […] pay the poll-taxes at the simple rate; but I consider them to be like the others […] he has granted, permitting them to remain here where they reside […] other poll-taxes, the simple (rate) of one […] the auditor of the nomarchy […] having set out concerning the examination of such persons […] the simple poll-taxes, from those nomes to be transferred here so that they pay them in Antinoou, where they also reside, in accordance with what was decided in the report submitted by those in charge of the examination of this matter. Since the persons listed below from the nome under you, [stating that they] have the right of intermarriage with Antinoite women, and through petitions which they submitted to me declaring that they have paid the poll-taxes with you up to […] and, as they say, have receipts, and requesting that you be written to so that, in accordance with the decisions, they be relieved and transferred here, I write to you, dearest, so that you may examine whether they pay poll-taxes with you and take care to relieve them in accordance with the decisions, so that
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they pay here, where they were also declared to reside, and inform me.
I pray for your health, dearest.
Year 6, Mesore 1. They are:
Didymos son of Posidonios son of Chras, from the village of Tebtynis in the division of Polemon;
Orsenouphis son of Orsenouphis, from the same Tebtynis;
Akes son of Horos son of Tryphon, mother Hareus, from Narmouthis;
Dioskoros son of Eirenaios son of Dioskoros, from the same Narmouthis.
The right of intermarriage (epigamia) with Antinoite women was a privilege of Antinoopolis; the quoted ruling is damaged and only partly intelligible. The 'simple' poll-tax refers to a single, non-doubled rate.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from the Nomarch). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.