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Fragmentary letter from Pesynthios to his master about collecting money owed by cultivators for public taxes, mentioning payments in solidi and people named Asphynis, Sansno, Kanach the farmer and Saboros. The writer asks for instructions on what to do and on demanding payment from the master's men. It belongs to the Apollonos Ano archive of the later 7th century AD.
The writer's name comes from the catalogue title; the opening is lost. A holokottinos (solidus) was the standard Byzantine gold coin.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De Pésynthios: les impôts des cultivateurs). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […] αὐτὸ το[…] […]ην συγχωρῆσαι αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἔλαβεν […]ον Ἀσφύνεως καὶ ἔλαβεν ἄλλον ὁλοκοττίνιν […] οὐκ ἔχετέ τινα ἐγγὺς μοῦ εἰ μὴ τὸν Σανσνῶ […] ἓξ ἥμισυ ὑπὲρ δημοσίων Κάναχ τοῦ γεωργοῦ […]εν αὐτὸν Σάβορον· ἐὰν ἡδέως ἔχει ὁ δεσπότης μου […]πρὸς ἐμὲ ὅ τι …
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