p.lond.5.1911
Αὐρηλίοις Δωροθέῳ καὶ Τούρβωνι ἐξάκτορσι Ἡρακλεοπολίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Σάρρας Ἰσὰκ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. ὁρᾶτε τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν ὑμῶν ὀφθαλμοῖς τὴν περὶ τὰς [… 1 line lost …]
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Petition of Aurelia Sarra to the exactores of the Herakleopolite nome TM 33202Herakleopolisfrühes IV
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The opening of a petition from Aurelia Sarra, daughter of Isak, of Herakleopolis, to Aurelius Dorotheos and Aurelius Tourbon, the tax officials (exactores) of the Herakleopolite nome. Only the address and the first words of her appeal survive, so the subject of her complaint is lost.
In English machine translation
To the Aurelii Dorotheos and Tourbon, exactores of the Herakleopolite nome,
from Aurelia Sarra, daughter of Isak, from the same city. You see with your pious eyes the […] concerning the […]
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An exactor was a nome official responsible for collecting taxes in late Roman Egypt. The names Sarra and Isak suggest the petitioner may have been Jewish.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition to exactores). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.