p.oxy.61.4116
παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ κώμάρχαις καὶ δημοσίοις κώμης Νεσμίμεως. ἐξαυτῆς παράδοτε τῷ ἀποσταλέντι ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ φρουρῷ Ὁρπαῆσιν ἱερέα εἰς τὴν ἄγυιαν ἐντυχόντος Πετοσίρεως ἱερέως καὶ μοσχοσφραγιστοῦ.
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Order to arrest the priest Horpaesis at Nesmimis TM 31661Oxyrhynchosspätes III - frühes IV
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An order from the strategos (district governor) to the village officials of Nesmimis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, telling them to hand over a priest named Horpaesis to a guard he has sent. The arrest follows a petition by Petosiris, a priest and calf-sealer (inspector who certified sacrificial animals). It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
From the strategos.
To the komarchs and public officials of the village of Nesmimis. Hand over at once to the guard sent by me Horpaesis, priest,
to the street(?)
on the petition of Petosiris, priest and calf-sealer.
The word agyia ("street") is unusual in such orders and its exact sense here is uncertain; it may refer to the public street or square where the accused was to be produced. A moschosphragistes was a priest who inspected and sealed calves as fit for sacrifice.
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.