Summons ("Orders to Arrest")
Order to the chief of police of Karanis to send a man to the main town of the nome for trial
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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.
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.
Order to the chief of police of Karanis to send a man to the main town of the nome for trial
ἀρχεφόδῳ κώμης Καρανίδος. ἀνάπεμψον Ἀφροδίσιον Ερ…α[…]…α…[…] ἐνκαλουμένου ὑπὸ Δημητρίου ἐξαυτῆς
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