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An official circular from Gaius Valerius Eusebius to the riparii (local police officers) of the cities from the Thebaid to Antioch. It orders them to pass along, in relays, newly levied recruits from the Egyptian diocese to Antioch, and warns that any officer through whose negligence a recruit escapes must produce him or a substitute and pay a penalty.
Riparii were police officials responsible for order in the cities and nomes of late Roman Egypt. The reference to an 'Egyptian diocese' points to the 4th century AD, though no date is given in the records.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Rekrutentransport nach Antiochia). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Γάϊος Οὐαλέριος Εὐσέβιος ῥιπαρίοις κατὰ πόλιν ἀπὸ Θηβαΐδος ἕως Ἀντιοχίας. τοὺς νεολέκτους τοὺς ἀποστελλομένους ἐκ τῆς Αἰγυπτιακῆς διοικήσεως παρὰ τῶν τὴν εἴσπραξιν ποιουμένων ὑποδεξάμενοι κατὰ διαδοχὴν εἰς τὴν Ἀντιοχέων ἰδίῳ κινδύνῳ παραπέμψατε ἐκεῖνο γιγνώσκοντες ὡς εἴ τις διαφύ…
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