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This is the first 2 lines of P.Lond. IV 1370, a letter (entagion) from the governor of Egypt, Kurrah b. Sharik, to the pagarch, Basilius, seeking remedy of a deficit in the "embola," or grain tax
περὶ σίτου ἀρταβῶν Ατ λοιπάδος τῶν ὁρρίων Arabic ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Θεοῦ Κορρα υἱὸς Σζεριχ σύμβουλος Βασιλείῳ διοικητῇ κώμης Ἀφροδιτώ. εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα. ηὕραμέν σε λοιπαζόμενον ἐκ τοῦ διασταλέντος σίτου ἀπʼ ἐμβολῆς καρπῶν ἰνδικτίωνος ἐνάτης λόγῳ τῶν ὁρρίων χιλίαςχι…
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