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A private letter from Ammonianos to his 'brother' Alexandros about two public obligations: one was settled when an official came, and village heads (komarchs) confirmed that nothing was owed on the other for the past period. The letter dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD; the end is lost.
The Greek dēmosion ('public') is used substantively and may mean a public tax or due, or a public official; the sense is uncertain. Komarchs were village headmen responsible for local fiscal matters.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief des Ammonianos an Alexandros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ Ἀμμωνιανός· τοῦ δημοσίου ἐλθόντος πρός με ἓν τῶν ἡμῖν δύο δημοσίων τῆς ιευ[…]…[…]ίας παρʼ αὐτῷ ἐποίησα αὐτὸν λαβεῖν καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου δημοσίου τὸν παρελθόντα χρόνον διεβεβαιώσαντο οἱ κώμαρχοι μηδὲν ὀφείλειν ἄχρι του…τους ἀνερχ…[…] […]… σὺν θεῷ εὖ π[…]…
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