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An official order appointing a certain Aphous as riparius (local police officer) for the districts belonging to the estate of the count Ammonios, on the report of his procurator Ammonion. Aphous had accepted the post in court, and he is told to take it up without fee, with praise promised for diligence and severe danger threatened for negligence. It comes from the Hermopolite nome, AD 5th-6th century.
A riparius was a late Roman local police official responsible for public order; the final 'dat' is the Latin 'datum' (issued) used in official documents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettera d’ufficio). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀφοῦτι ἐξ ἀναφορᾶς Ἀμμωνίωνος προκουράτορος τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου καὶ ἐνδοξοτάτου κόμιτος Ἀμμωνίου, ᾗ καὶ συνῄνησεν ἡ αὐτοῦ μεγαλοπρέπεια ἐξ ἐμῆς διαλαλιᾶς, ῥιπάριος προσεκάλησας τῶν μερίδων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου ἀνδρός. εἰσελθὼν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ οἰκείᾳ φωνῇ καὶ γνώμῃ κατε…
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