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Letter from Dionysios and Patas to Padidymos and Pekysis about the eirenarchs TM 17339Oxyrhynchitesca. 300

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Opening of a letter from Dionysios and Patas to their 'brothers' Padidymos and Pekysis, complaining about the foolishness of the local eirenarchs (police officials) in connection with a request concerning the village of Tampeiti. It dates to around AD 300 and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

To our lords brothers Padidymos and Pekysis, Dionysios and Patas, very many greetings. Owing to the foolishness (?) of our eirenarchs, who are unaware of the request made by them that […] was thrown (?) […] of the village of Tampeiti, but we […] […]

Eirenarchs were local officials responsible for keeping the peace. The reading 'foolishness' rests on a restored word, and the rest of the letter is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.iand.6.119

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 300 · Oxyrhynchites

κυρίοις ἡμῶν ἀδελφοῖς Παδιδύμῃ καὶ Πεκύσι Διονύσιος καὶ Πατᾶς πλεῖστα χαίρειν. τῇ ἠλιθοηθείᾳ τῶν εἰρηναρχῶν ἡμῶν ἀγνοούντων περὶ τῆς αἰτήσεως τῆς τεθείσης ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ὡς ἐβλήθη[…] […]κώμης Ταμπειτι, ἡμῶν δὲ [… 1 line lost …] [… ? lines lost …]