p.heid.4.317
ἔτους α… Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα Τραιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ. εἴργασται ἐφʼ ἡμέρας ε ὑπὲρ χωματικῶντοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους ἐν τῇ …ροδειτ Μεσορὴ ε…[…] Χαιρᾶς Ἀκουσιλάου τοῦ …[…] μητρὸς Θαυ…[…] Ἀκουσίλαος σεσημείωμαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21104
Receipt for five days' work on the dykes TM 21104Herakleopolites (?)
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A receipt certifying that Chairas son of Akousilaos completed his five days of compulsory labour on the dykes and canals in the month of Mesore, in a regnal year of the emperor Trajan. It is signed by an official named Akousilaos and probably comes from the Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
Year 1[…] of Imperator Cae[sar Nerva] Traianus Augustus Germani[cus Dacicus].
Has worked for 5 days on the dyke works [of the same year] at the […]rodeit[…] (?), Mesore 5[…]:
Chairas son of Akousilaos, grandson of […], mother Thau[…].
I, Akousilaos, have signed.
Such receipts (penthemeros receipts) record the five days of corvée labour on irrigation works owed annually by adult men. The regnal year number and the place name where the work was done are only partly legible.
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.