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A letter from Menas, probably the pagarch of Antaiopolis, to Dioskoros and Apollos, headmen of the village of Aphrodito, around AD 553. He warns them that unless they deliver the full tax quota by the next day there will be consequences, noting that the estate of the former prefect Julian has already paid, and summons Dioskoros to come with Apollos to speak with him.
The 'astikon' and 'kometikon' are the city and village components of the tax assessment. 'Protokometai' were the leading officials of a village; this letter belongs to the archive of Dioskoros of 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.
Letter addressed to Dioscorus and to Apollos, protocometes of Aphrodito, by a certain Menas - perhaps the pagarch of Antaiou, cited in 67002. Menas complains of the lateness of the village of Aphrodito in the payment of taxes. Interestingly, he invites Dioscoros to come and see…
[r] † οὐδὲν παντελῶς ἐσήμανέν μοι ὁ θεοφιλέστατος διακονητὴς ὑπὲρ τῆς κώμης ὑμῶν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ μεγάλοι κτήτορες τῆς πόλεως, λόγῳ δὴ ἡ οὐσία τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτουἀπὸ ἐπάρχων Ἰουλιανοῦ, συντελοῦσα εἰς τὸ κωμητικὸν ἤδη ἐπλήρωσεν τὸ μέτρον αὐτῆς καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐποίησέν μοι μηδεμίαν φροντίδα περὶ …
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