p.lond.2.321a
[A] ἔτους κα Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς εἰργάσατο ὑπὲρ χωμάτων τοῦ αὐτοῦ κα ἔτους Παῦνι β ϛ ἐν τῇ […] Βουβάστου διώρυγι Ἀπύγχεις Στοη τοῦ Ἀπύγχεως μητρὸς Τώλιος σεσημείωμαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11701
Certificate of embankment work at the canal of Boubastos TM 11701Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)31. Mai 158
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A certificate recording that Apynchis, son of Stoe(?), worked on the embankments at the canal of Boubastos for the compulsory dike-work of year 21 of Antoninus Pius. It comes from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome and dates to AD 158.
In English machine translation
[A]
Year 21 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked on the embankments for the same year 21, Pauni 2 to 6 (?), at the […] canal of Boubastos:
Apynchis son of Stoe(?), grandson of Apynchis, mother Tolis.
Signed.
Such certificates attest the five days of compulsory labour on dikes and canals owed annually by villagers. The numerals β ϛ probably mark the working days (Pauni 2 to 6); the reading of the father's name 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.