p.mil.2.42
Φιλοξένῳ συμμάχῳ Ἀμάειος ὁ γεωργὸς αἰτιᾶται τοὺς περυσινοὺς ἀγροφύλακας ὡς παρὰ τὴν ἀμέλειαν αὐτῶν βλάβην ὑπομεμενηκὼς μηχανικῶν ὀργάνων τῆς αὐτοῦ μηχανῆς· αὐτοὺς τοίνυν ἔκπεμψον ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν. ἔρρωσο
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Order to send field guards to the city after a farmer's complaint TM 37311unbekanntVI
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A short order addressed to Philoxenos, a symmachos (official messenger or policeman), instructing him to send to the city last year's field guards. The farmer Amaeios accuses them of negligence that led to damage to the machinery of his irrigation device. It dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
To Philoxenos, symmachos.
Amaeios the farmer accuses last year's field guards, claiming that through their negligence he has suffered damage to the mechanical parts of his water-wheel. Send them, therefore, to the city. Farewell.
A symmachos was a local messenger or police agent who carried out summonses. The mechane is the water-lifting wheel (saqiya) used for irrigation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordine di comparizione). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.