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An instruction from Phoibammon son of Silvanus, a tax-allocation official (diastoleus), to Hermophilos, receiver of the canonical taxes of the eighth indiction, asking him to issue a receipt to Diokles son of Gennadios for gold paid for the recruit tax, and to deduct 2 solidi for freight charges from Phoibammon's share. It dates to the late 4th century and probably comes from Hermopolis.
A diastoleus was an official who allocated and checked tax payments; the 'gold for recruits' (aurum tironicum) was a tax commuting the levy of army recruits into gold. The closing lines are damaged and their sense is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official correspondence). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἑρμοφίλῳ ὑποδέκτῃ κανονικῶν ὀγδόης ἰνδικτίονος Φοιβάμμων Σιλβανοῦ διαστολεύς χαίρειν. ἀπόλυσον ἀποχὴν εἰς ὄνομα Διοκλῆτος Γενναδίου λόγου κανονικῶν παντοίων τίτλων χρυσοῦ τιρώνων χρυσοῦ οὐγγίαν α, γράμματα δεκατέσσαρα, γίνεται χρυσοῦ οὐγκία α, γράμματα ιδ […] κού…
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