Edict of the prefect Flaccus prohibiting the carrying of weapons TM 23478Memphites34 - 35

Copy of an edict of the prefect of Egypt Aulus Avillius Flaccus forbidding the carrying of weapons such as swords on pain of death, forwarded by the strategos Heliodoros to local communities. Village leaders and elders, including those of Kerkephtha, sign to acknowledge it, in year 21 of Tiberius (AD 34-35), in the Memphite nome.

In English machine translation

The text survives only as the left part of each line, so the precise terms of the ban are largely restored from context. A hegoumenos was a local leader, here apparently of a village or association, who acknowledged receipt of the edict.

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