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Letter from Psaios to Apollos on the comes Ammonios' orders for Aphrodito TM 36532Antinoopolisc.AD 540

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Letter from Psaios, apparently a numerarius in the governor's office, to Apollos, a village headman (protocometes) of Aphrodito, conveying the orders of the comes Ammonios to investigate and settle the condition of the village. Apollos is told to assemble the villagers and expelleutai, distribute letters, keep Bottos and his son out of the matter, and send Psimanobet at once. It belongs to the archive of Dioskoros, c. AD 540.

In English machine translation

From […] My master the most glorious comes Ammonios [has not neglected], for God's sake, the welfare (?) of your village. He spoke […] to investigate the condition of the same village, and [ordered this] to be written to all those from the village and to the expelleutai, [through] your admirableness and Senouthis son of Apollos and [the other] protocometae of the same village, and wishing [you, however,] and the others, I mean Bottos and his son and [those with him], to withdraw and keep to themselves, attending to [their own business]. And I have sent such letters through the letter-carrier […] to your brotherliness. Having received them, then, arrange […] to gather those from the village and to hand over to them and […] of the expelleutai to give him the letters addressed to them […] to the city, and he brings them up, settling (?) them; but you, [with] the expelleutai, do by yourselves what is needed [regarding] the settlement, but do not turn away the matters […] from my aforementioned master the comes and […] but by all means follow the order. And [your grandfather (?)] Psimanobet send here at once […] […] of the most glorious comes [verso] [Deliver] to my brother Apollos, protocometes, from Psaios, [numerarius (?)].

Expelleutai (from Latin expellere) were officials charged with enforcing collection or expulsions; there is no exact English equivalent. Ammonios is thought to be the governor (comes and archon) of the Thebaid; the addressee's village is Aphrodito.

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

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Letter

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE40473 · c.AD 540 · Antinoopolis

This letter is addressed to Apollos, a protocometes of Aphrodito, from Psaios, numerarius, employed in the offices of the praeses(?). Comes Ammonios appeared already in 67062, 67138 and 67139. His title and his role here seem to prove that he was comes kai archon, that is to say…

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p.cair.masp.3.67323

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Antinoopolis

[r] παρὰ ὁ δεσπότης μου ὁ ἐνδοξότατος κόμης Ἀμμώνιοςοὐκ ἠμέλησε διὰ Θεὸν τῆς συστάσεως τῆς ὑμῶν κώμης. ἐλάλησε[…] ζητῆσαι τὴν κατάστασιν τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης, καὶ προσέταξε τοῦτο γραφῆναι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης καὶ τοῖς ἐξπελλευταῖς διά τε τὴν σὴν θαυμασιότητα καὶ Σενοῦθιν Ἀπολλῶτος …