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Fragment of an administrative letter from Ioannes, perhaps the pagarch of Antaiopolis, to Apollos, chief village official (protokometes) of Aphrodito, complaining that his earlier letters about the soldiers' green-fodder allowance and the village's share have gone unanswered and urging him to send someone or a full reply. It dates to the 6th century AD and belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
Chlorophagia refers to the supply of green fodder (or pasturage) for soldiers' animals, levied from villages. The identification of Ioannes with the pagarch is only probable.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d’une lettre administrative). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
The letter, of which this fragment is part, was addressed to Apollos, protocometes of Aphrodito; in all likelihood, a little of the text on either side is missing. On the verso, the letter is addressed to Apollos the protocometes by Ioannes, who is perhaps the pagarch of Antaiopo…
[r] ἤδη διʼ ἑτέρων γραμμάτων γέγραφα τῇ σῇ ἀδελφότητι, αἰτῶν αὐτὴν γράψαι μοι […] […]στρατιωτῶν ἕνεκεν τῆς χλωροφαγίας· καὶ συνέταξα… εἰσπέμψαι τὸν ὀφειλόμενον[…] […]ε[…]ν περὶ τῆς ἀναλογίας ὑμῶν· καὶ ἕως νῦν οὔτε ἔπεμψεν οὔτε ἔγραψεν μοι το[…] […]αι. καταξιώσῃ οὖν καὶ ἂν νῦν πέμ…
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