Receipt of the village scribe of Ammonias for money for earthworks TM 1472Philadelphia256 - 248 BC

A receipt, written twice, in which Kollythes, village scribe of Ammonias, acknowledges receiving money from Zenon, agent of Apollonios, for earthworks on dykes near Philadelphia, paid by the naubion. He undertakes to complete the work or else repay the money. It comes from the Zenon archive, 256-248 BC.

In English machine translation

A naubion (written here as aoilion) was a unit of volume for earth moved in dyke and canal work, also used as the basis for payment. The text appears in two copies, both badly damaged.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu pour frais de travaux de terrassement). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.