p.apoll.52
[…]εἴτε ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς τοῦ σίτου, εἴτε ἐκ τῶν λογισίμων, εἴτε ἐκ τοῦ τῆς δαπάνης τῶν ναυτοκαράβων χρυσίου[…] […]…ε…σ[…]ο σὺν Θεῷ διὰ τοῦ εὐτελοῦς μου γράμματος τοὺς πανεντίμους πόδας τ[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39111
Fragment of a letter on pagarchy finances and boat crews' expenses TM 39111unbekannt
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A small fragment of a Greek letter, apparently addressed to a high official, concerning fiscal matters of the local pagarchy treasury. It mentions payments from the price of grain, accounted sums, and gold for the expenses of boat crews, and closes with a deferential formula of greeting the addressee's 'all-honoured feet'.
In English machine translation
[…] [whether from] the price of the grain, [or from the] accountable sums (?), or from the [gold] for the expenses of the sailors of the karabos-boats […]
[…] with God, through my humble letter, the all-honoured feet […]
The nautokaraboi were crews of karabos-type boats, a term with no exact English equivalent. The papers of this archive come from Apollonos Ano (Edfu) in the late 7th century AD, but no date or place record accompanies this text.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment concernant la fiscalité (caisse locale de la pagarchie)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.