Fragment of a 5th-century AD letter or petition, possibly addressed to a 'master'. It mentions items found (including shallots and other valuables), money handed over, must taken away, and people named Anthemios, Sarapammon and the embolator Asklepiodotos, with a request that someone be produced before the officials.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
[…] … […] … […]
[…] … and they found
[…] shallots (?)
[…] other valuables
[…] and Anthemios
[…] the money all together
[…] has given to the
[…] Sarapammon and
[…] he brought out the must
[…] …empnouthes
[…] the embolator Asklepiodotos and all
[…] … administering
[…] … to the master of the
[…] … and will order
[…] … to be presented
[…] … of the officia
[…] Sarapammon being about to come
[…] of the master
An embolator was an official responsible for grain shipments (the embole) destined for the capital. The word read as 'shallots' (askalonia, 'Askalon onions') may also be a different word, since only its ending survives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter or 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.