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ἀρχεφόδῳ Μερμέρθων. πέμψον Ἔρωτα οἰνέμπορον ἐντυχόντος Διοσκόρου
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Order to the police chief of Mermertha to send up the wine merchant Eros TM 30430OxyrhynchitesIII
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A short official order, a summons or arrest warrant, instructing the chief of police of the village of Mermertha to send up a wine merchant named Eros, following a complaint lodged by Dioskoros. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
In English machine translation
To the chief of police of Mermertha.
Send Eros, wine merchant, on the petition of Dioskoros.
The archephodos was a village chief of police; such orders typically required the accused to be brought before an official after a petition had been filed.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to 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.