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Letter from Theodoros to the pagarch Papas about a debt owed to the sailor Pheu TM 39085unbekannt

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A letter from Theodoros to Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano (Upper Apollonopolis, Edfu), asking him to make the heir of a dead debtor repay 2 solidi owed to the sailor Pheu, who carried the letter. The debtor's father-in-law had inherited the estate but refused to settle the debt.

In English machine translation

[recto] † On another occasion too, I believe, I wrote to your admirable true friendship about the present letter-carrier, a sailor, on account of his debt, namely that he is owed by someone up to 2 solidi; and the debtor died, and his father-in-law inherited from him, and he would not consent to release the debt of the deceased to this man. So when your admirable friendship receives my present letter, demand back for him his debt from the man who inherited from the deceased. For he has, as he said, witnesses who know that the deceased owes him the same 2 solidi. For the rest, let him not need another letter of mine about him, so that he too may be able to fill his levy-quota (?) † In the month of Hathyr […] of the 9th (?) indiction † [verso] † To the admirable, honour-worthy friend Papas, pagarch of Apollonos Ano † Theodoros † Concerning the court (?) of Pheu, sailor

The term andrismos refers to a per-head assessment or levy, probably of sailors or men for service, which Pheu needed his money to meet. The indiction number is restored and the year is not given in the records supplied; the archive dates to the later 7th century AD..

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De Théodoros: l’affaire du batelier Phêu). 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

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