Letter of Elias on requisition of workmen and craftsmen for Babylon TM 39090unbekannt

[recto] † Our lord the most renowned amir, having read the assessment of the workmen being supplied for the works of Babylon […] part […] to go up, whether for the collection of the produce or for the other matters required, made also another assessment of the workmen who must be sent from each district, and assigned to your pagarchy 3 workmen, writing and ordering me to inform you and not to send more than these by way of replacement from the assessment, and not to reduce at all the craftsmen being sent under the same assessment, but to send them in full; and I have written so that you may know. I am surprised how you have not sent the remainder of the hides until now. And I am surprised how the public taxes have not arrived until now, and what the obstacle is […] and send the boat with all vigilance […] send the replacement […] [… lines lost …] [verso] † To the all-admired and honourable brother Papas, pagarch of Upper Apollonos † Elias, notarios †