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Fragment of an official letter about an account referred to the auditor TM 26589unbekanntII - III

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Fragment of an official letter instructing that a list or account be handed to the auditor (eklogistes) so that, after examination, the matter can be brought before the next judicial assize. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD and closes with a farewell and a date in the month Hathyr.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] […] […] since he said […] […] of the […] […] of the attached (?) […] less […] nor […] […] he declared, nor the account of these, handing over the list to the auditor (eklogistes), so that […] having made the examination concerning what is necessary, he may bring it before the next assize (dialogismos). I pray for your health. Year 10 (?), Hathyr 6

The dialogismos was the prefect's periodic assize (conventus) held in the districts of Egypt; the eklogistes was the financial auditor of a nome. The regnal year number is only partly legible.

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

p.genova.2.64

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III

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