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A request, probably addressed to an agent of the count Strategios at Oxyrhynchus in the early 6th century AD. The writer asks the recipient, who had already promised help, to arrange with Strategios for letters ordering the singularii (official enforcement agents) to stop pressing him over a fine of six gold solidi.
Singularii were officials attached to a governor's staff and used to enforce payments. Strategios is the well-known count of the Apion family estate at Oxyrhynchus. The sender's name after 'From' and the verso text are not preserved.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to an Agent of Strategius). 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] παρά καὶ παροῦσα ἡ σὴ θαυμασιότης παρεκλήθη παρʼ ἐμοῦ χάριν τῶν ἓξ χρυσίνων τῆς καταδίκης καὶ ἐπηγγείλου τὰ δυνατὰ ποιῆσαι ὥστε κατορθῶσαί μοι ταῦτα, νῦν πάλιν προσφέρω τὰς αὐτὰς παρακλήσεις ἵνα καταξιώσῃς ἅμα τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ κόμετι Στρατηγίω ποιῆσαι γράμμα…
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