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An official order from Valerius Titianus to the eirenarchs (local police officials) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, telling them to send the son of Spartiates to him at once. The man is either to carry out orders of the prefect of Egypt, Aurelius Theodotus, before Titianus or to be forwarded to the prefect himself. It is dated 7 November 262, in the reign of Gallienus.
"Kratistos" (most excellent) is the honorific of an equestrian official, rendered here as vir egregius. Eirenarchs were local officials responsible for keeping order and arresting wanted persons.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Irenarchs). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Οὐαλέριος Τιτανιανὸς ὁ κράτιστος εἰρηνάρχαις Ὀξυρυγχίτου χαίρειν. τὸν Σπαρτιάτου υἱὸν σπουδὴ ὑμῖν γενέσθω ἀποστεῖλαι μετὰ παντὸς τάχους ἢ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ πληρώσοντα τὰ προσταχθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου μου λαμπροτάτου ἡμῶν ἡγεμόνος Αὐρηλίου Θεοδότου ἢ παραπεμφθησόμενον ἐπὶ τὸ μέγεθος αὐτοῦ. ἐ…
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