Receipt for Dike Work
Receipt for dike work done by Heras, son of Sarapion; on the back there is a short account with amounts of grain
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Receipt for dike work by Heras son of Sarapion TM 10520Karanis (Arsinoites)345 CE – 346 CE
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Receipt issued by Aurelius Ptollas and Aurelius Apion of Karanis to Aurelius Heras son of Sarapion, acknowledging that he performed two naubia of work on the dikes for the fourth indiction. It dates to AD 345-346.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius Heras son of Sarapion, from the village of Karanis, Aurelii Ptollas son of Melas and Apion son of Isidoros, from the same village.
We have received from you for the clearing (?) of the dikes two naubia, 2 naub., of the new fourth indiction, and on being asked the formal question we gave our assent.
I, Aurelius Melas, wrote it.
A naubion was a unit of earth volume used to measure compulsory dike work; 'aphylismos' is a rare term, probably the cleaning or clearing of the dikes. The back carries a short grain account.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Dike Work). 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.col.7.166r
Αὐρηλίῳ Ἡρᾶτι Σαραπίωνος ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος Αὐρήλιοι Πτολλᾶς Μέλα καὶ Ἀπίων Ἰσιδώρου ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης. ἔσχαμεν παρὰ σοῦ ὑπὲρ ἀφυλισμοῦ χωμάτων ναύβια δύο, ναύβια β, τῆς τετάρτης νέας ἰνδικτίωνοςκαὶ ἐπερωτηθέντες ὡμολογήσαμεν. Αὐρήλιος Μέλας ἔγραψα.