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Letter from the cheiristes Papnouthis to the stratelates Menas about tax collection TM 37361Arsinoites (?)VII

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A letter from Papnouthis, a cheiristes (financial agent), to his master Menas, the most glorious stratelates. He asks for two squads of bucellarii (armed retainers) to help him collect 100 solidi for the stone-related levy and other charges, and reports that grain deliveries are in arrears. It dates to the 7th century AD, probably from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] ☧ To my master the most glorious stratelates Menas, Papnouthis. May my master deign to learn about the stone-tax (?) […] rebuilt […] into […] of the criminal (?) […] this […] and […] for this, and I wrote, and I know that […] fortune you are master […] other gold. Deign therefore to [send] me two contubernia (?) of bucellarii, so that I may collect 100 solidi and send them to my master within two days on account of the stone-tax, and also concerning the other charges which we put into the list, so that I may collect these as well. So let my master not neglect this, since it is the time of payment. I asked the receiver about the grain, how much he had received, and he said: "I gave a list to Mountanos when he was leaving, Goxa (?) only." And so that you may know that the grain too is in arrears. […] and only account […] and […] therefore in return for which […] if I come […] [verso] […] […] fearing that I may demand from them the public dues […] only […] To Menas the most glorious stratelates, [from] Papnouthis, cheiristes.

Bucellarii were private armed retainers of great households; 'kountoubern-' probably reflects Latin contubernium, a small military unit. The meaning of 'lithikon' (a stone-related levy or account) is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief eines Cheiristes an einen Stratelates). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII · Arsinoites (?)

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