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Authorization for the arrest of a runaway slave TM 33645Oxyrhynchites (?)Mitte IV

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A mandate in which Flavius Ammonas, a member of the staff of the prefect of Egypt, authorizes his colleague Flavius Dorotheos to arrest his runaway slave Magnus, who had stolen some of his goods and was living in Hermopolis, and bring him back in custody. It dates to the mid-4th century AD, probably from the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

Flavius Ammonas, officialis of the staff of the prefect of Egypt, to Flavius Dorotheos, officialis, greetings. I instruct and authorize you to arrest my slave called Magnus, who has run away and is staying in Hermopolis and has carried off certain goods of mine, and having bound him (?) to bring him as a prisoner, together with the official in charge of Sesphtha. The mandate is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Flavius Ammonas, officialis of the staff of the prefect of Egypt, have made this mandate.

An officialis was a member of the administrative staff (officium) of a Roman governor. The verb rendered 'having bound' is a difficult reading in the original, and Sesphtha is a village whose local official was to assist.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Authorization for the Arrest of a Slave). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte IV · Oxyrhynchites (?)

Φλαούιος Ἀμμωνᾶς ὀφφικιάλιος τάξεως ἐπάρχου Αἰγύπτου Φλαουίῳ Δωροθέῳ ὀφφικιαλίῳ χαίρειν. ἐντέλλομαί σοι καὶ ἐπιτρέπω δοῦλόν μου Μάγνον καλούμενον δράσαντα καὶ ἐν Ἑρμοῦ πόλει διατρίβοντα καί τινά μου εἴδη ἀφελόμενον διαδήσαντι δέσμιον ἀγαγεῖν μετὰ τοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς Σέσφθα. κυρία ἡ ἐντολ…