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Petition of Flavius Agathos to the dux against evildoers shielded by an eirenarch TM 10045Hermopolis (Arsinoites)346

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A petition from Flavius Agathos to the dux complaining of robbery or violence by a group of named villagers, including the son of the local eirenarch (police official) Apammon. He asks that the eirenarch be compelled to produce the culprits and hand them over for punishment. Dated AD 346.

In English machine translation

[…] […] […] of the village of Hermopolis […] […] this […] […] […] first (?) […] […] Joseph and from […] […] obtained (?) […] […] of Heraklammon and […] […] of the […] who […] the lawlessness of the evildoers […] not being able […] and those from the village recognized Mousen […] Mousen son of Nakai, Po[…] son of Heron […] and Dioskoros son of Apammon, now eirenarch, […] son of […]doros, and Akiar, all from the village […] of the same nome, who, having dared this, […] […] into their own village. And […] to the eirenarch for the production of these evildoers, who, taking no care nor observing the attention due to admitted offenders, because the son of the aforementioned eirenarch is one of the evildoers […] did these things but showing (?) […] […] driving off, the same men having done […] […] from me to my lord the most distinguished dux […] I submit to you this written petition […] and securing myself, then also […] the eirenarch Apammon […] to make the […] and to hand these men over […] to the courage of my same lord the dux; for it is his part to punish those who dare such things. Farewell. In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 4th time and Constans Augustus for the 3rd time, […]. I, Flavius Agathos, have submitted it.

The eirenarch was a village official responsible for keeping order and arresting offenders. Much of the left side is lost, so the exact nature of the crime (perhaps theft of animals, cf. 'driving off') is uncertain.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 346 · Hermopolis (Arsinoites)

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