order for arrest
This letter is from the strategos of the Hermopolite nome (?) to the guardians of the Peace of the village of Mnachis. The addressees are to deliver the accused individuals, both of whom were chief men of a village (Mnachis)?
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Order to the peace overseers of Mnachis to send up two village headmen TM 32619Mnachis, Hermopolite nome, middle Egypt, province of EgyptIVth century A.D.
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An official order, perhaps from a nome official, to the peace overseers of the village of Mnachis in the Hermopolite nome, telling them to send up two village headmen, Onnophris son of Kopreus and Hermeinos, in response to a complaint by Aulius, or else to appear in person. It dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
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to the […] overseers of the peace of the village of Mnachis.
[Immediately] send up Onnophris son of Kopreus and Hermeinos […], both headmen, on the petition (?) of Aulius […], or come up yourselves. Mesore 20.
Such summons orders (often called 'orders to arrest') typically answer a complaint; 'prostatai' here are village headmen. The sender's name and title are lost, so the identification as the strategos 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 Vorführbefehl). 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.mich.mchl.6
παρὰ[…]…ο…ε […]ἐπιστάταις εἰρήνης κώμης Μνάχεως. ἐξαυτῆς ἐκπέμψατε Ὀννῶφριν Κοπρέου καὶ Ἑρμεῖνον […]ἀμφοτέρους προστάτας, προσελθόντος Αὐλείου […] ἢ ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ ἀνέλθατε. Μεσορὴ κ.