cpr.35.113
Αὐρηλίῳ …[…] νυκτοστρατήγῳ […] Ἑρμουπόλεως τῆς μεγάλης ἀρχαίας καὶ σεμνοτάτης καὶ λαμπροτάτης […] παρὰ … Ἀπολ[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32045
Beginning of a document addressed to a nyktostrategos of Hermopolis TM 32045Hermopolis
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Opening of a document addressed to Aurelius […], the nyktostrategos (night-watch commander) of the city of Hermopolis, from a person whose name begins Apol[…]. Only the address survives, so the purpose of the document is unknown, though such addresses typically head petitions or reports.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius […]
nyktostrategos […]
of Hermopolis the great, ancient, most august and
most splendid […]
from […] Apol[…]
[…]
[…]
The nyktostrategos was a municipal officer responsible for night-time policing; documents addressed to him were often complaints or reports of incidents. The city's honorific titles are largely restored by the editor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment indeterminé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.