Order for Arrest
An order from the praepositus pagi to the tesserarius and the quadrarius of Karanis to produce certain persons whose names are lost.
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Order from the praepositus pagi to the officials of Karanis TM 10341Kom Aushim (Karanis)314 A.D.
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An order from the praepositus pagi to the tesserarius and quadrarius, minor police officials of the village of Karanis, telling them to come at once on receiving his letter, apparently to bring in certain persons, including farmers of a man named Tiberinus. It is dated Pauni 25 and comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, about AD 314.
In English machine translation
From the praepositus
to the tesserarius and quadrarius of the village of Karanis.
The very hour you receive my letter, come […]
[…] on the 7th until […]
[…] but if these things are agreeable to them and they wish, at the village
[…] to give […] and […]
[…]
[…] and the farmers of Tiberinus. Signed by me, Pauni 25.
The tesserarius and quadrarius were village officials responsible for policing and summons. Most of the middle of the text is lost, so the exact persons and purpose are unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for Arrest). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.isid.131
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