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Fragment of an administrative letter from the archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito, sixth century AD. The writer explains to his superior, a comes, that he was ordered to enter Dioskoros son of Apollos on a list of payers, although the comes had already struck his name off under oath, and that he did so at the insistence of Herakleios and others.
The opening χμγ is a Christian numerical symbol often read as 'Christ born of Mary'. The comes is possibly Ammonios, patron of Dioskoros' family; 'Kyriakos' on the verso probably belongs to the address.'
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de 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.
Fragment of an administrative letter. Dioscoros, son of Apollos, has been included in a list of taxpayers. The comes (Ammonios?), protector of his family, (cf. 67062; 67138) has already had him removed from the list. He has once again been added, by order of the protocometes (?)…
[r] χμγ ☧ ἐκελεύσθην κατὰπρόσταγμα τάξαι τὸ ὄνομα Διοσκόρου Ἀπολλῶτος εἰς τὴν γνῶσιν τῶν ἐν […] καὶ ὁ δεσπότης μου ὁ μεγαλοπρεπέστατος κόμες ἐξάλειψεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ καταλόγου, μεθʼ ὅρκου ὀμόσας ἵνα μὴ δώσῃ ὁ αὐτὸς Διόσκορός τί ποτε ἵνα […]ε ἐκ τοῦ λόγου· φρικτὸν δὲ ὅρκον …
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