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A memorandum of instructions to Palalios, an overseer of works, telling him to go to an estate, bring the farmer Neb to the city, collect a gold coin each from Neb and the farmer Onnophris that had been lent to them on Boethos' account, and send up two workers owed for compulsory service. It dates to the 5th or 6th century AD.
Angareia was compulsory labour or transport service owed to an authority or estate; the chrysinos is the gold solidus. The text breaks off at the end and the estate name is damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Aufträge an einen Untergebenen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ὑπομνηστικὸν Παλαλίῳ ἐργοδιώκτῃ. γενόμενος εἰς τὸ κτῆμα Καγου[…]…[…] ἀγάγῃς ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν Νῆβ τὸν γεωργὸν χρείας ἕνεκεν ἀναγκαίας. ἀπαίτησον δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν Νῆβ ἕνα χρύσινον καὶ Ὀννῶφριν τὸν γεωργὸν πρὸς ἕνα χρύσινον εἰς λόγον τοῦ Βοήθου δοθέντας αὐτοῖς ἐν χρήσει. ἀνένεγκον δὲ τοὺς …
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