Letter from Herakleios to Paulos and Papirios about memoranda and expenses TM 33770unbekanntfrühes IV

A fragmentary letter from Herakleios to Paulos and Papirios, whom he calls his lords and brothers, about memoranda covering tax or liturgy cycles of the 14th and 15th years and related expenses. He complains of being without means and in difficulty, and mentions a riparius (police official), a written declaration and someone who died. It dates to the early 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

A riparius was a late Roman local police official. "Periodos" here probably refers to an administrative cycle (e.g. of liturgies or assessments) rather than a literal period; "mongos" (dumb, mute) is a rare word whose reading is uncertain in sense.

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.