Fragmentary official letter, perhaps from Helladios, giving orders about the completion of a tax payment (katabole). It mentions waiting in Apollonos (Apollonopolis) until the payment is complete, asks for a written report, and refers to the sakellarios (treasurer). It is dated Phamenoth 3 of a fifth indiction.
In English machine translation
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[…] today for the sake of this payment (katabole), so that […]
[…] therefore, at the reading of the present letter, by every means […]
[…] to come (?) to you; for God commanding […]
[…] to wait in Apollonos until this payment is completed […]
[…] write to me the matter of this payment […]
[…] of Laton (?) sends them to me […]
[…] of the sakellarios. † Phamenoth 3, indiction 5 †
Katabole is the technical term for a tax instalment delivered to the authorities; the sakellarios was a financial official. Much of the text is editorial restoration, and the identification of the sender as Helladios 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 De Helladios (?): ordres concernant le versement des impôts). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.