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Order to the archephodos of Karanis to send up Ptolemaios TM 26954Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)II

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A short official order to the village police chief (archephodos) of Karanis to send up Ptolemaios son of Panephremmis, against whom a complaint has been made, without delay. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To the archephodos of the village of Karanis. Send up […] Ptolemaios son of Panephremmis, who is accused […] […] immediately.

Such summons orders were issued from the nome capital to village officials. The archephodos was the chief of the village police, and "send up" means send the man to the authorities in the capital.

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.

bgu.11.2081

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

ἀρχεφόδῳ κώμης Καρανίδος. ἀναπέμψατε […] Πτολεμαῖον Πανεφρέμεως ἐνκαλούμενον …[…]…[…] ἐξαυτῆς.