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Report on prisoners sent to the epistrategos Julius Julianus TM 219306Diopolites Parvus (Thebais)Ende II - Anfang III

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Report addressed to Antonius Minor, royal scribe and acting strategos of the Diopolite nome in the Thebaid, concerning prisoners sent up to the epistrategos Julius Julianus under escort. It lists those sent in chains and those held in free custody. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

To Antonius Minor, royal scribe of the Diopolite nome of the Thebaid, also acting as strategos, from Ze[…] […] […] of those sent up to his excellency the epistrategos Julius Julianus, escorted by Dio[…] […] […] They are as follows: in chains: Peteesis son of Tre[…]psis […], mother Aphrodite, and […] […] […]phis son of Rhodon […] […] Totoes, 2 persons; in free custody: Pouoris son of Pouoris […] […]

"Free custody" (eleuthera teresis) means detention without chains, as opposed to those sent "in chains". The sender's name and several prisoners' names are badly damaged.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bericht über einen Gefangenentransport). 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 · Ende II - Anfang III · Diopolites Parvus (Thebais)

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