Petition of a village priest and administrator to Flavius Georgios TM 37379Chaphrea? (Palästina)Mitte VI (?)

A fragmentary petition addressed to Flavius Georgios, a man of very high rank, by a priest who was also administrator of a village (perhaps Chaphreatha). He complains about burdens on his village involving public taxes, penalties, wood-cutting and lime-kilns, and asks for justice. It dates to about the mid-6th century AD and comes from Nessana in Palestine.

In English machine translation

The village name is only partly preserved and its reading is uncertain. The papyrus was found at Nessana in the Negev, not in Egypt.

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