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A private business letter from Theoktistos to Apollonios, instructing him to audit the farmers who owe dues, including those of a certain Plousios, and to collect what they owe at Theoktistos' expense. It comes from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum), with Bakchias mentioned as the place of an earlier meeting.
The Greek exetasis means an examination or audit, here apparently of what the farmers owe. The village name Bakchias is partly restored in its first occurrence, and the end of the letter is lost.
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.
Θεόκτιστος Ἀπολλωνίῳ τῷ φιλτάτῳ χαίρειν. καὶ παρὼν ἐν Βακχιάδι ἐπετειλάμην σοι παρὰ τῶνὀφειλόντων πάντων γεωργῶν ἐξέτασιν λαβεῖν καὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς δαπάναις αὐτὰ συνκομίσασθαι καὶ νῦν παρακληθεὶς λαβὲ καὶ παρὰ τῶν γεωργῶν τοῦ Πλουσίου ἐξέτασιν καὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς δαπάναις αὐτὰ συνκομίσαι …
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