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Report of eirenarchs to the riparii on an attack by villagers TM 22183Oxyrhynchites7. Juni 350

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A report addressed to the two riparii (police officials) of the Oxyrhynchite nome by three village eirenarchs (peace officers). Ordered to investigate an attack by men from the village of Tychinphagon on the inhabitants of a hamlet, they begin reporting on their inspection; the rest is lost. Dated 7 June 350.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Sergius and Nigrinianus, the most illustrious, Pauni 13. To Flavius Eulogios and Flavius Theodoulos, riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Horos son of Paulos, from the village of Tampiti in the 7th pagus, chief eirenarch, and Papnouthios son of Akoris and Paulos son of Chairemon, both from the village of Sesphtha in the 10th pagus, eirenarchs. Having been instructed by your diligence concerning the attack made by certain persons from the village of Tychinphagon against the people of the hamlet of Ptolema[…] […], that we should go there for an inspection and to produce those responsible, we, having come […] Sesphtha through villagers, which they have seized […] […]

Riparii and eirenarchs were local police officials of the 4th century with no exact English equivalent. The text breaks off just as the findings begin, so the outcome of the inquiry is unknown.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration to the Riparii). 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 · 7. Juni 350 · Oxyrhynchites

ὑπατείας Σεργίου καὶ Νιγρινιανοῦ τῶν λαμπροτάτων Παῦνι ιγ. Φλαουίοις Εὐλογίῳ καὶ Θεοδούλῳ ῥιπαρίοις Ὀξυρυγχείτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Ὥρου Παύλου ἀπὸ κώμης Ταμπιτὶ ζ πάγου κεφαλαιωτοῦ εἰρηναρχῶν καὶ Παπνουθίου Ἀκώριος καὶ Παύλου Χαιρήμονος ἀμφοτέρων ἀπὸ κώμης Σέσφθα ι πάγου εἰρηναρχῶν. …