p.grenf.2.53f
ἔτους ιη Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Σεβαστοῦ εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ιη ἔτους Ἐπεὶφ κγ ἕως κζ Ἐπαγαθιανῇ Σοκνοπαίου Πέκυσις Ἀπύγχεως τοῦ Στοτοήτιος Πεκύσεως.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11355
Dike-work certificate for Pekysis son of Apynchis TM 11355Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)21. Juli 178
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A dike-work receipt certifying that Pekysis son of Apynchis completed five days of compulsory embankment labour (Epeiph 23 to 27) in the 18th year of Marcus Aurelius. It comes from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome and is dated 21 July 178.
In English machine translation
Year 18 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord Augustus.
Has worked for the dike tax of year 18, Epeiph 23 to 27,
at Epagathiane (?) of Soknopaiou (Nesos): Pekysis son of Apynchis,
grandson of Stotoetis, (son of) Pekysis.
Such certificates record the five days of compulsory annual labour on dikes and canals owed by villagers. The expansion Ep(agathiane), apparently the name of the work site or dike, is uncertain.
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.