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Order to the archephodos of Karanis to send up Aphrodisios TM 28809probably Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IInd century or early IIIrd century A.D.

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A short order addressed to the chief of police of the village of Karanis, instructing him to send up at once a man named Aphrodisios, who has been accused by Demetrios. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To the archephodos of the village of Karanis. Send up Aphrodisios son of (?) Er[…] […], who is accused by Demetrios, immediately.

The archephodos was a village chief of police; such 'orders to arrest' required him to send the accused to the nome capital for a hearing. The father's name or patronymic of Aphrodisios is mostly lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for 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.

Summons ("Orders to Arrest")

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 6842 · (Late) IInd century or early IIIrd century A.D. · probably Arsinoiton polis, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Order to the chief of police of Karanis to send a man to the main town of the nome for trial

p.mich.10.589

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · spätes II - frühes III · Arsinoites

ἀρχεφόδῳ κώμης Καρανίδος. ἀνάπεμψον Ἀφροδίσιον Ερ…α[…]…α…[…] ἐνκαλουμένου ὑπὸ Δημητρίου ἐξαυτῆς