Fragment of an official letter concerning sowing and fugitives TM 45072Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)31. Juli 710

Fragment of an official letter, probably from the Arab governor to the pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering that people be settled and land sown, with personal inspection and without omission, and mentioning fugitives. It was written on 31 July 710 at Aphrodito (Aphrodites Kome).

In English machine translation

Belongs to the Aphrodito correspondence of the governor Qurra ibn Sharik, where fugitives (phygades) from the tax-paying population are a recurrent concern. The phrase 'do not give against yourself' probably echoes the usual warning not to give cause for complaint against oneself.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as keiner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.