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Fragment of a letter from a man named John (Ioannes) to a village headman (protokometes), mentioning a letter received, fees (sportulae), demands for payment and remaining amounts. It dates to the 6th century AD and comes from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome.
Sportulae were fees paid to officials for their services; a protokometes was a leading village official. "Tens" (dekades) may refer to groups or units of payment, but the sense is unclear.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † τὰ γράμματα τῆς ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητος[…] πάλιν ἄλλος ἑβδόμαδος ἀπ[…] καὶ σπόρτουλα· ἀπαιτήθῃ δὲ π[…] συν……ε…σε βοηθῆσαι ἴσῳ αυτ[…] εἰ μὴ λάβωσιν τὴν λοιπὴν ἵνα […] διαπρᾶξαι καταλάβῃ τέ σοι απ[…] τὰς δὲ ἄλλας δεκάδας καὶ τὰς εἰς τὴν σπ[…] [v] […] πρωτοκωμήτῃ παρὰ Ἰωάννου[…]
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