Order [III AD]
Order addressed by a decurion to the chiefs of the village of Teis, requesting them to send up for trial a certain Ammonios surnamed Alaker, who is accused by Ptollas
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Order for the arrest of Ammonios called Alaker at Teis TM 31339Oxyrhynchos200 CE – 299 CE
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A short order from a decurion (a Roman cavalry officer) to the village heads and the peace officer of Teis, instructing them to hand over a man named Ammonios, also called Alaker, accused by Ptollas, to the soldier sent to fetch him, or to appear in person themselves. It comes from the Oxyrhynchite area in the 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
From the decurion.
To the komarchs and the overseer of the peace of the village of Teis.
Hand over immediately to the soldier sent by me Ammonios, called Alaker, who is accused by Ptollas, or else come up yourselves.
Signed (?).
The final abbreviated word is the standard validation mark (literally 'I have signed') found on such summonses. Komarchs were village headmen, and the 'overseer of the peace' was a local police official.
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.
chrest.wilck.475
p.oxy.1.64
παρὰ τοῦ δεκαδάρχου κωμάρχαις καὶ ἐπιστάτῃ εἰρήνης κώμης Τήεως. ἐξαυτῆς παράδοτε τῷ ἀποσταλέντι ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ στρατιώτῃ Ἀμμώνιον ἐπικαλούμενον Ἄλακερ ἐπελεγχόμενον ὑπὸ Πτολλᾶ, ἢ ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ ἀνέρχεσθε. σεσημείωμαι.