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A letter to Dioskoros, chief village headman (protokometes) of Aphrodite, reporting that the writer has ordered a soldier billeted on his property to leave, and that he has written to Plinthos the kephalaiotes and seven others to come to the city. It belongs to the archive of Dioskoros, 6th century AD.
The pronoun 'its' refers to 'your Brotherliness', a courtesy title for Dioskoros. The meaning of tylarioi is uncertain, and the final word 'reach' is a restoration.
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 Dioscoros, protocometes of Aphrodito, announcing to him that a soldier, wrongfully lodged in one of his properties, has been ordered to evacuate it (c.f. Cod. Just. 12. 41.). The address on the verso of the document contain the name and position, or administra…
[r] τὰ γράμματα τῆς σῆς ἀδελφότητος δεξάμενος, καὶ εὐθὺς ἔγραψα τὸν στρατιώτην ἀποκινηθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ κτήματος αὐτῆς· καὶ πρὸς τὸ αὐτὴν εἰδέναι καὶ ἀμεριμνῆσαι, γεγράφηκα Πλίνθον δὲ τὸν κεφαλαιωτὴν μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἑπτὰ τυλαρίων καταλαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν [v] † τῷ τὰ πάντα εὐδοκιμωτάτῳ ἀδε…
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