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Receipt for compulsory work on the public dykes at Ektion TM 21066Oxyrhynchites27. März - 25. Apr. 89

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A receipt certifying that Totoes son of Akylas completed five naubia of compulsory work on the public dykes near the settlement of Ektion, as recorded through Sarapion and his fellow dyke officials. It dates to Pharmouthi of Domitian's 8th year (March-April AD 89), in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

Worked through Sarapion and associates, dyke-overseers, on the public dykes of the embankment from the maskalo(?) at the Ektion settlement, Totoes son of Akylas son of Pasion: five naubia, total 5 naubia. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Pharmouthi.

A naubion is a unit of earth volume used to measure the compulsory dyke labour owed by inhabitants. The phrase with "maskalo" is garbled in the text and its meaning is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Discharge for Work done on the Dykes). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 27. März - 25. Apr. 89 · Oxyrhynchites

ἤργασται διὰ Σαραπίωνος καὶ μετόχων χωματικῶν τὰ ἐκ τὼν μασκαλω περιχώματος δημοσίων χωμάτων Ἐκτίου ἐποικίου Τοτοῆς Ἀκύλου τοῦ Πασίωνος ναύβια πέντε, γίνεται ναύβια ε. τοῦ ὀγδόου ἔτους αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Φαρμοῦθι.