Letter reporting on Papnouthis and an absconding old farmer TM 35782unbekanntEnde V - VI

Fragmentary letter, probably to a cleric or official addressed as 'your Brotherhood', reporting on tax-collection matters. It mentions that a certain Papnouthis departed without loss, and that an old man who had carried the addressee's letter, unable to sow his land, absconded while village officials pursued public tax collection.

In English machine translation

'Your Brotherhood' is a courtesy title often used among clergy. Flight (anachoresis) from land and tax obligations was a common response to fiscal pressure in Late Antique Egypt.

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