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Commonitorium ordering an inquiry into an attack on monastic property near Aphrodito TM 36919Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VI

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Fragmentary official instruction (commonitorium) from 6th-century Aphrodito concerning a violent attack by a crowd on an estate belonging to a monastery in the Antaiopolite nome. The official is ordered to bring the ringleader and the village notables before the court, under threat of penalty to his office and property.

In English machine translation

[... lines lost ...] [...] the same monastic [...] [...] nome, and manager of the affairs [...] [...] monastery situated in the Antaiopolite [nome] [...] [...] ...ephios also called Ounsios, coming forward from [...] [...] there is a [village], one of the Antaiopolite nome, as a multitude [...] [...] and having attacked an estate belonging to [...] [...] situated around the same village of Aphrodite [...] [...] and having been eager for this [...] in the city (?) [...] struck, and witnesses of the outrage (?) [...] and in respect of these things a discussion arose, wishing [...] [...] and by the apprehension of the truth, and to three [...] [...] of the village of Aphrodite, as having fallen into negligence [...] the peaceful rights to be shaken; wherefore it has been written [...] [...] of the petition, the office; receiving which, cross over [...] [...] before the court both him who is as the ringleader [...] [...] and moreover those holding the first rank [...] [...] of the village, being sure to examine [...] [...] all the [...] found in the places [...] [...] and the [...] persisting in the [...] [...] for this too the office has demanded [...] [...] you will run the risk to your belt (of office) and to [your property] [...] [...] I have issued the copy of the commonitorium. †

A commonitorium was a written instruction issued by an official's office (taxis) to a subordinate. The threat 'to your belt' refers to the zone, the insignia of official service, i.e. loss of rank.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Commonitorium). 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 · VI · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

[… ? lines lost …] […]των τοὺς αὐτοὺς μοναστικοὺς […]νον νομὸν φροντιστὴς δὲ πραγμάτων […]μοναστηρίῳ διακειμένῳ κατὰ τὸν Ἀνταιοπολίτην νομὸν[…] […]ηφιου τοῦ καὶ Οὐνσίου προσπορευομένου ἀπὸ […]κώμη τίς ἐστιν μία τοῦ Ἀνταιοπολίτου οἵα πλῆθος […]καὶ ἐπελθόντος κτήματι διαφέροντι μὲν…