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A 4th-century letter in which Olympiodoros orders Hermes, a subordinate assistant (boethos), to round up deserters at once and bring them with the village heads, warning that otherwise he will be handed over to a protector for punishment. A list of the wanted men's names follows.
The protector (protektor) was a late Roman military officer often sent on policing missions; 'deserters' (desertores, a Latin loanword) may refer to army deserters or to people who had fled their liturgical or fiscal obligations. The abbreviation after Peuoris is unexplained.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera di Olympiodoros ad Hermes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ὀλυμπιόδωρος Ἑρμῇ βοηθῷ χαίρειν. αὐτῆς ὥρας τοὺς δησέρτορας μετὰ τῶν κωμαρχῶν ἀπάντησον φέρων, πανταχόθεν δὲ τούτους ἀνευρὼν ἅμα σοὶ ἄγαγε, ἵνα μὴ τῷ πρωτέκτορι παραδοθῇς πρὸς ὕβριν· οὐ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὑποφέρω κίνησιν, σοῦ ἐπὶ τόπων τυγχάνοντος καὶ δυναμένου τούτους παραστῆσαι. ἐρρ…
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