A receipt certifying that Pakysis son of Pakysis worked five days, Pauni 11 to 15, on the compulsory dike and canal maintenance in the Epagathiane district near Soknopaiou Nesos. It dates to year 2 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 162.
In English machine translation
Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus.
Has worked on the dike works of the same year 2, Pauni 11 to 15, in the Epagathiane (canal) of Soknopaiou (Nesos):
Pakysis son of Pakysis, grandson of Orsenouphis, his mother being Tases.
The chomatika were the annual five days of compulsory labour on dikes and canals owed by adult males. The date given corresponds to the first day of the work period, Pauni 11.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.