Receipt 373 AD
Receipt for work done by Valerius on the dike of Ptolemais Harbor
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Receipt for naubia of dike work on the canal of Ptolemais Hormou TM 12277Karanis (Arsinoites)373 CE
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A receipt issued by Aurelius Ptoleminos of Ptolemais Hormou, an official connected with the public dikes of the Arsinoite city, to Aurelius Valerius of Karanis, acknowledging that Valerius completed his assigned five naubia of earthwork on the canal of Ptolemais Hormou for the first indiction. It was written by Aurelius Komon on Ptoleminos' behalf at Karanis in April 373.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Aurelius Ptoleminos son of Er[…], from Ptolemais Hormou, sailor (?) of the public dikes of the city of the Arsinoites, to Aurelius Valerius son of Antiourios, from the village of Karanis in the Arsinoite nome. I acknowledge that I have had completed by you the naubia falling to you on the canal of Ptolemais Hormou, five naubia, for the 1st new indiction, and I have issued to you this receipt, which is valid and guaranteed wherever it is produced, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
In the consulship of our lords Valentinian and Valens, the eternal Augusti, for the 4th time, Pharmouthi 16. I wrote on his behalf.
I, Aurelius Ptoleminos, issued the receipt as stated above. I, Aurelius Komon son of Neilos, wrote on his behalf.
I guarantee (?) […]
[verso]
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A naubion was a unit of earth-moving work owed as compulsory labour on dikes and canals. The word read as 'sailor' (nautes) is odd for a dike official and may be an error for a similar title.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificate for Performance of Irrigation Corvée). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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