Warrant for Arrest
Order addressed to the archephodos of Psenuris, probably by a military officer, for the arrest of a person called Emes.
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Order to the archephodos of Psenyris to send up the cowherd Emes TM 31417K�m Ush�mThird century
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A summons or arrest warrant ordering the chief of police of the village of Psenyris to send up at once a cowherd named Emes, accused by Aurelius Neilos, a town councillor. Emes is said to be a cowherd in the establishment of Ptolemeinos. It dates from the 3rd century AD and comes from the Karanis area in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).
In English machine translation
[recto]
To the chief of police (archephodos) of the village of Psenyris. Send up Emes, who is accused by Aurelius Neilos, councillor, at once.
He is a cowherd in the household (?) of Ptolemeinos.
[verso]
To Psenyris
The archephodos was the village chief of police, responsible for producing accused persons before higher authorities. The word synoikia, here rendered 'household', usually means a tenement or shared dwelling, so Emes' exact relation to Ptolemeinos is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Warrant 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.
p.fay.37
[r] Ἀρχεφόδῳ κώμης Ψενύρεως. ἀνάπεμψον Ἔμην ἐνκαλούμενον ὑπὸ Αὐρηλίου Νείλου βουλευτοῦ ἐξαυτῆς. ἔστιν βουκόλος ἐν συνοικίᾳ Πτολεμείνου. [v] Ψενῦριν