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ἀρχεφόδοις κώμης Φιλαδελφίας. ἀναπέμψατε Τούρβωνα Μανδάνου ἐξαυτῆς. σεσημείωμαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30944
Order to the chief police of Philadelphia to send up Tourbon TM 30944Philadelphia (Arsinoites)III
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A short summons order instructing the chief police officers (archephodoi) of the village of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome to send up a certain Tourbon son of Mandanes immediately. It dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
To the chief police officers of the village of Philadelphia.
Send up Tourbon son of Mandanes at once. Signed.
Archephodoi were village chief police officers; such orders to 'send up' a person summoned him before an official, in effect an arrest warrant. The final abbreviation 'se(sēmeiōmai)', 'I have signed', is the issuing official's validation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Haftbefehl). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.