Summons ("Orders to Arrest")
Order to the the protokometai and eirenarchai of Thmoinepsi to send two men to the main town of the nome for trial
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37321
Order to arrest three men accused by Apa Pson at Thmoinepsi TM 37321probably Herakleopolis, Herakleopolite nomeVIth century A.D.
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An order to arrest addressed to the village headmen and police officials of Thmoinepsi, telling them to send three men accused by Apa Pson to the city under escort of a village field guard. It dates from the 6th century AD and comes probably from the Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
† To the protokometai and eirenarchs of Thmoinepsi. Apa Pson
[accuses] Jeremias son of Gerontios and Phoibammon son of Aanios and Apollos son of Pkakouros.
[Do not] neglect to send (them) to the city with one field guard of your village together with the
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Protokometai (village headmen) and eirenarchs (local peace officers) have no exact English equivalent. The text names three accused men, although one catalogue description speaks of two.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for Arrest). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.10.591
† πρωτοκωμήταις καὶ εἰρηνάρχαις Θμοινέψι. ἄπα Ψὸν αἰτιᾶταιἸερημίαν τὸν υἱὸν Γεροντίου καὶ Φοιβάμμωνα τὸν υἱὸν Ἀανίου καὶ Ἀπολλῶ τὸν υἱὸν Πκακουρῶ. μὴ ἀμελήσατε ἐκπέμψαι εἰς τὴν πόλιν μετὰ ἑνὸς πεδιοφύλακος τῆς ὑμῶν κώμης ἅμα τῷ […]…ω