p.iand.2.25
† Παύλῳ μείζονι καὶ εἰρηνάρχαις […] δεχόμενοι τὸ πιττάκιον παραυτὰ θελήσατε κ[…] μεθʼ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν γραμματέα ὀφείλοντα λαβεῖν […] ἥμισυ νομισμάτων κ ἕνεκεν τῶν ἀπὸ Νεκώνθεως α[…] ακων τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37114
Order to the headman Paulos and the eirenarchs concerning people from Nekontheus TM 37114Oxyrhynchites, ÄgyptenVI
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A short official note or order addressed to Paulos, a village headman, and the eirenarchs (local police officials), asking them to act at once and to come with a secretary in connection with a payment of half of 20 solidi concerning people from Nekontheus. It dates from the 6th century AD and comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome.
In English machine translation
† To Paulos, headman, and the eirenarchs […]
On receiving this note, be so good as immediately to […] with us ourselves, and also the secretary, who is due to receive […] half of 20 solidi on account of those from Nekontheus […] his own people.
The meizon was a village headman and eirenarchs were local officials responsible for keeping order; the end of each line is lost, so the exact action requested 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 Ad Paulum maiorem et irenarchas epistula). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.