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Letter of Flavius Apollos ordering a charge to landowners for fodder TM 39625unbekanntVII

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A short official letter from Flavius Apollos instructing an official to charge 20 full-weight solidi to the landowners for the purchase of fodder on behalf of Kollouthos the stableman, without reducing the payment. It dates to the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† May your admirableness, on receiving this letter of mine, be pleased to charge to the landowners, on behalf of Kollouthos the stableman, for the purchase of fodder, 20 full-weight solidi. However, do not reduce anything from the payment, but [...] 20 full-weight solidi charge to the landowners and make him a receipt (?) for the fodder, and take care not to dispute (?) [...]. I have signed the letter †. † I, Flavius Apollos, have signed † [verso] † Deliver to the admirable A[...] at Pyrgos (?) † from Apollos

"Full-weight" (eustathma) solidi were gold coins of standard weight. The stablites (stableman) likely served the public post or an estate stable.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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p.lond.3.1323

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII

[r] † θελήσηι σου ἡ θαυμασιότης δεχομένη ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα λογίσασθαι τοῖς κτήτορσι ὑπὲρ Κολλούθου τοῦ σταβλίτου εἰς ἀγορασμὸν χόρτου νομίσματα εἴκοσι εὔσταθμα. μέντοιγε μηδὲν κουφίσῃς ἐκ τῆς δόσεως ἄλλα κ[…]τα εἴκοσι εὔσταθμα λογίσαι τοῖς κτήτορσι καὶ ποιῆσαι αὐτῷ ἀπόκρισιν …