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A receipt certifying that Protarchos son of Leonides, whose mother was Herais, completed five days of compulsory work on the dikes and canals, Mesore 10 to 14 in year 2 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. It comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to 7 August 162.
Such 'penthemeros' receipts record the five days of annual corvée labour on irrigation works owed by men in Roman Egypt. The grandfather's name is restored and uncertain, and the end of the text is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Penthemerosquittung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους β Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου Σεβαστοῦ. ἠργάσατο ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ β ἔτους Μεσορὴ ι ἕως ιδ ἐν[…][…] Καρανίδος Πρώταρχος Λεωνίδου τοῦ Ἀγχώπεως μητρὸς Ἡραίδος [… ? lines lost …]
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