bgu.11.2016
ἡγουμένωι καὶ ἀρχεφόδωι κώμης Φιλαδελφείας. ἐκπέμψατε …ατρην ἐνκαλουμένην ὑπὸ[…]εν[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25120
Order to the officials of Philadelphia to send up an accused woman TM 25120Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)I (?)
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A short official order addressed to the village chief and the chief of police of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, instructing them to send up a woman who has been accused by someone. It is a summons or arrest warrant, probably of the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
To the hegoumenos and archephodos of the village of Philadelphia. Send up […]atre, who is accused by […]
The archephodos was a village police chief; such orders to 'send up' an accused person are a standard type of summons. The woman's name is only partly preserved, and the accuser's name is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Haftbefehl). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.