p.oxy.43.3130
[r] ἀρχεφόδωι Τααμπετεί. πέμψον Ἁτρῆν Ἁρεσούριος καὶ Ὧρον Βελλέως καὶ Ψεναμοῦνιν Παυσίριος ἀπὸ Σεφὼι ἐντυχόντος Φιλείνου. Μεχεὶρ ιη [v] …[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26701
Order to the archephodos of Taampeti to send up three men TM 26701Taampeti (Oxyrhynchites)II - III
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An order to the chief of police (archephodos) of the village of Taampeti in the Oxyrhynchite nome to send three men from Sephoi, following a complaint by Phileinos. It is dated Mecheir 18 and belongs to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To the chief of police of Taampeti. Send Hatres son of Haresouris and Horos son of Belleus and Psenamounis son of Pausiris, from Sephoi, on the petition of Phileinos. Mecheir 18.
[verso]
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Such orders to arrest were issued by an official in response to a petition; 'send' means to bring the accused before the authority. The archephodos was a village police chief.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Arrest). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.