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A short letter or memorandum from 6th-century Aphrodito concerning the tax assessment of Eustochia daughter of Ioannes. The writer states that only 6 solidi were entered under her name in the public tax schedule and tells the addressee to demand no more than that sum.
The ekthesis was an official schedule of tax liabilities. The nomisma (solidus) was the standard Byzantine gold coin.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). 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] ☧ οὐκ ἐτάγη τὸ ὄνομα Εὐστοχίας Ἰωάννου εἰς τὴν ἔχθεσιν τῶν δημοσίων εἰ μὴ ἓξ νομίσματα ὑπὲρ […]…ης καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος[…] ων ἐλάβετο ἀπὸ δεκρήτου ἀπὸ ὀνόματος Ἰωάννου[…] εἰ μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ ἓξ νομίσματα καὶ ὡς λέγει ἀνέτρεψε […] οὐκ ὀφείλεις οὖν ἀπαιτῆσαι εἰ μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ ἓξ νομίσματα[…]…
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