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Strategos forwards council notice to eirenarchs for posting in villages TM 17492Hermopolites25. Febr. 259

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A covering letter from Aurelius Spartiates also called Chairemon, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, to the eirenarchs (police officials) of the toparchies of Mocheitis and Pasko, forwarding a public notice from the city council of Hermopolis to be posted in every village. It is dated 25 February 259, and the beginning of the council's notice survives below.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Spartiates also called Chairemon, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, to Aurelius Diodoros also called Dionys[…], former euthenearch of Alexandria, and Demetrios also called Noumenios, former euthenearch of Alexandria, eirenarchs of Mocheitis and Pasko, his dearest friends, greetings. The most excellent council has sent me a public notice to be posted in the most conspicuous places of the villages. I therefore send you a copy of it, dearest friends, so that you may have it posted village by village. I pray for your health, dearest friends. Year 6 of the Emperors Caesars Publius Licinius Valerianus and Publius Licinius Valerianus Gallienus, Germanici Maximi, Pii, Felices, and of Publius Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus, the most illustrious Caesar, Augusti, Phamenoth 1. Copy. Of Hermopolis the great, ancient, glorious and most august, the most excellent council, through Aurelius […] former agoranomos, prytanis in office, to Aurelius Serapion […]

A euthenearch was an official responsible for the grain and food supply; the eirenarchs were local officials charged with keeping order. The text of the council's notice itself breaks off after its heading.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Febr. 259 · Hermopolites

Αὐρήλιος Σπαρτιάτης ὁ καὶ Χαιρήμων στρατηγὸς Ἑρμοπολίτου Αὐρηλίοις Διοδώρῳ τῷ καὶ Διονυς…[…]…[…] εὐθηνιαρχήσαντι Ἀλεξανδρίας καὶ Δημητρίῳ τῷ καὶ Νουμηνίῳ εὐθηνιαρχήσαντι Ἀλεξανδρίας εἰρηνάρχαις Μωχείτου καὶ Πασκὼ τοῖς φιλτάτοις χαίρειν. ἡ κρατίστη βουλὴ πρόγραμμά μοι διεπέμψατο π…