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An administrative letter from the late 7th century AD, from the Hermopolite region, urging the recipient to release goods (probably tax payments in kind) immediately through a messenger sent by lord Severus. The boatmen are to go straight to Babylon (Old Cairo), since the amir Roas has arrived at Antinoou.
"Amir" is a restoration for the Arab official Roas; Babylon here is the fortress-city at Old Cairo. The term pistikoi denotes boatmen or shippers responsible for cargo.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre administrative de nature fiscale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ κυροῦ Σεουήρου ἰδοὺ ἔπεμψεν ὀφείλοντα ἀπελθεῖν μετὰ τῶν γραμμάτων πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπολῦσαι τὰ εἴδη τῆς σῆς ἀδελφότητος. λοιπὸν διὰ τὸν Θεὸν πάντα τρόπον ποιήσῃ καὶ ἀπολύσῃ τὰ εἴδη αὐτῆς εὐθέως διὰ τοῦ παρόντος ἀνθρώπου καὶ τῶν […] μετὰ τῶν γραμμά…
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