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ἀρχεφόδῳ Νεμέρων. πέμψον Διονύσιον Οὐαλερίου καὶ Τααφύγχιν Μιεῦτος ἐντυχόντος Ἁτρῆτος Παυσίριος. Φαῶφι β.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31660
Order to the archephodos of Nemera to send up two persons TM 31660Oxyrhynchos1. Hälfte III
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A short summons ordering the chief of police of the village of Nemera to send two people, Dionysios son of Valerius and Taaphynchis daughter of Mieus, to the authorities in response to a complaint lodged by Hatres son of Pausiris. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the first half of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
To the chief of police of Nemera. Send up Dionysios son of Valerius and Taaphynchis daughter of Mieus, on the petition of Hatres son of Pausiris. Phaophi 2.
The archephodos was a village police chief. Such summonses, often called orders to arrest, required him to produce the accused before an 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 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.