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Order from a centurion to village officials about guard duty TM 28607Euhemeria (Arsinoites)II - III
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A short order from the centurion Domitius Annianus to the elders and public officials of the village of Taureinou, instructing them to maintain the usual guard from their watchtower up to the boundary of the hamlet of Amminou. It was found at Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD; the date line is in Latin.
In English machine translation
From Domitius Annianus, centurion.
See to it at once that the customary guard is kept from your watchtower as far as the boundaries of the hamlet called Amminou.
⟦…⟧
To the elders and public officials of the village of Taureinou.
3rd day before the Kalends of April
A magdolos was a watchtower used for local policing of the countryside. The Greek order closes with a Latin date, 'iii Kalendas Apriles', i.e. 30 March.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notice from a Centurion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.fay.38
παρὰ Δομιττίου Ἀννιανοῦ ἑκατοντάρχου. φροντίσατε ἐξαυτῆς τὴν συνήθη παραφυλακὴν γείνεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μαγδώλου ὑμῶν ἕως τῶν ὁρίων ἐποικίου λεγομένου Ἀμμίνου. πρεσβυτέροις καὶ δημοσίοις κώμης Ταυρείνου. iii Kalendas Apriles