A small fragment of a Greek papyrus from Roman Egypt mentioning a scribe, a village scribe and the dioiketes (financial administrator). Phrases such as "we made" and "we pay back" suggest an official or administrative matter, possibly a petition or declaration, but too little survives to be certain.
In English machine translation
[… 2 lines lost …]
[…] of the (royal?) scribe […]
[…] of the village scribe […]
[…] of all […]
[…] … day (?) […]
[…] we made […]
[…] … and the […]
[…] … of the dioiketes […]
[…] … to the lord (?) … […]
[…] … we pay back (?), but […]
[…] … to continue … […]
[…] … depositing (?) […]
[…] … […]
The dioiketes was a high financial official. Only the middle parts of the lines survive, so the document type cannot be determined.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Divers et incertains). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.