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Fragment of an official letter from a town councillor to stationarii (police or customs post officers), referring to the authority of the governor Flavius Asklepiades and urging them to carry out his orders promptly. It dates to the 4th century AD and probably comes from the Thebaid.
Stationarii were soldiers or officials manning road and police posts. Flavius Asklepiades was a provincial governor (hegemon) of the period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera ufficiale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…]ωνι στατιωναρίοις […]το… πολιτευόμενος […]δεας χαίρειν· […]μενων παρὰ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἡγεμόνος Φλαυίου Ἀσκληπιάδου […]ε τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἐξ ὁλοκλήρου […]τούτῳ ἐπιστάλματι ἐπὶ τῷ […]ως τὰ κεκελευμένα ὑπὸ […]ς τοῦ ἄρχοντος σπουδάσητε […]εἰ δὲ […]ε…εται ὑμ[…
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