Day-book of a strategos recording an inquiry into a death TM 30338Oxyrhynchos1. Hälfte III

Fragment of the official day-book of a strategos at Oxyrhynchus, recording his activities, including a visit to the market and the accounting office and an investigation into the death or injury of a man involving shepherds, with questioning of witnesses through an interpreter.

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The reference to translating from Arabic (or an 'Arabian' toparchy) is uncertain because the line is broken. The interrogation format suggests the strategos investigating a body found with crushed injuries.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Day-book of Strategus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.