Fragment of a complaint about an additional imposition on land and vineyards TM 32334unbekanntIV

Fragment of a 4th-century AD complaint, probably a petition to an official, in which the writer protests that an additional burden concerning land and vineyards was imposed on him from the new indiction. He mentions a man named Hierax, deceit by certain officials called diastoleis, and threatens to take the case before the governor's court.

In English machine translation

The diastoleis were officials concerned with the allocation or distribution of public charges; the term has no exact English equivalent. The identification as a complaint to an official is tentative.

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