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A private letter from Chromatios to his daughter Satorneila, telling her that he obtained the release of a man named Harpokras from a decadarch and that Harpokras will explain why he was summoned. The end is lost; it dates to the 3rd century AD.
A decadarch was a minor military or police officer commanding a unit of ten. Harpokras may have been a slave or dependant taken into custody.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
παρὰ Χρωματίου Σατορνείλᾳ θυγατρὶ χαίρειν· τὸν Ἁρποκρᾶν παρὰ τοῦ δεκαδάρχου ἀξιώσας ἔλαβον· διʼ ἃς δὲ χρείας μετεπέμφθη αὐτός σοι μεταδώσει· ἴσθι οὖν ὅτι ἐὰν αὖθίς σοι αὐτῇ τις περὶ αὐτὸν ζήτησις γένηται, οὐδεὶς αὐτὸν εἴσεται ποῦ ἀπῆλθεν[…]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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