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A letter from Kanopos to Demetrios and Adelphios informing them that, after complaints that they had improperly assessed gold on certain people, the provincial governor has summoned them to appear at Antinoopolis by nightfall. It dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Hermopolis.
The gold was probably a tax levied in gold, which the two men are accused of apportioning irregularly. The catalogue title calls it a summons before the strategos, but the text itself names the governor (hegemon).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Vorladung vor den Strategen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίοις μου ἀδελφοῖς Δημητρίῳ καὶ Ἀδελφίῳ Κάνωπος χαίρειν. τινῶν αἰτιασαμένων ὑμᾶς παρὰ τῇ ἀρετῇ τοῦ κυρίου μου ἡγεμόνος ὡς παρὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων τάξιν μερισάντων αὐτοὺς χρυσόν, ἐκέλευσεν ἡ ἀρετὴ αὐτοῦ ὑμᾶς παρεῖναι καὶ τούτου ἕνεκεν ἐδέησεν γραφῆναι ὑμῖν ὅπως ὑπὸ τὴν νύκτα ἀπαν…
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