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List of police chiefs and guards of the West Fort quarter TM 17696Hermopolis23. Aug. 314

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A list of police chiefs and guards assigned to the West Fort quarter and the suburbs of Hermopolis, signed by the strategos Aurelius Adelphios also called Dionysodoros on 23 August 314.

In English machine translation

[1] [… 16 lines lost …] […]skoros […]on [2] West Fort (Phrourion Libos): chiefs of police of the quarter: Anoupis son of Horos Hermeias son of Silvanus guards of the same quarter: Kastor son of Polydeukes Piarios son of Paulos Hermeinos son of Peloros Hermes son of Apollonios Pollon son of Sarapion Demetrios son of Demetrios Paulos son of Ammonios Sarapollon son of Kopreus Kallis son of Kastor Horion son of Ammonios Silvanus son of Peues Bekis son of Horemsynis Anoubion son of Besarion Horion son of Pelois ⟦Horion son of Anoubas⟧ Plousios son of Sarapion […] son of […]chelion Paulos son of Philippos Silvanus son of Demetrios […]aroud[…]s ⟦son of Hatres the poulterer⟧ Silvanus son of Hermapollon [3] Cornelius […]yrios ⟦son of Demetrios called Leo⟧ Pollon son of Kollouthos Be[…]is son of Aphrodisios, through his son Dromites son of Dromites, guard of the theatre, through his son Ammonios son of Eudaimon Achilleus son of Anoubion Sion son of Phibion son of Hatres the poulterer chiefs of police of the suburbs: Hermeinos son of Pollon Silvanus son of Anoubion In the consulship of Rufius Volusianus and Petronius Annianus, viri clarissimi, Mesore 30. I, Aurelius Adelphios also called Dionysodoros, strategos in office, have signed.

The archephodoi were local police chiefs responsible for a city quarter or village. The deleted 'son of Hatres the poulterer' was moved from column 2 to column 3.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste von Wächtern). 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 · 23. Aug. 314 · Hermopolis

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