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A short letter of the 7th century AD from Antinoopolis, written by (or addressed to, per the verso) the physician Christodoros. It informs a high-ranking person that Phomet, a receiver of taxes or goods, arrived yesterday and has been sent on, asking that he be helped to get released or discharged.
An apodektes was an official receiver of tax payments in kind or money. The verso address is damaged, so it is unclear whether Christodoros the physician is the sender or the recipient.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter of Christodorus). 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] παρά. καταξιώσῃ ἡ σὴ εὐδοκίμησις γνῶναι ὅτι ἀπήντησεν Φομῆτ ὁ ἀποδέκτης ἀπʼ ἐχθὲς καὶ τοῦτον ἐξέπεμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς δεδωκὼς αὐτῷ λόγον ἵνα καταξιωθῆτε παρασκευάσαι αὐτὸν ἀπαλλαγῆναι καὶ εὐχαριστῆσαι τούτοις μου τοῖς γράμμασι. [v] † …[…] Χριστόδωρος ἰατρός.
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