Official order to report on properties and revenues, with warning against fraud on the treasury TM 31213unbekanntspätes III

Fragment of an official letter, probably from a high financial official, ordering the recipient to report in good faith on the condition of certain properties and the revenue from them, item by item. It warns that any favouritism found to have defrauded the treasury will be made good from the recipient's own property and that of those responsible. It dates to the late 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The tamieion is the imperial treasury (fiscus). The text is written on the verso of a London papyrus.

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