Two village headmen (komarchs) of Mouchinaxap in the Oxyrhynchite nome nominate two fellow villagers, Thonios and Isidoros, to the compulsory service of clearing the public dykes. The nomination is addressed to Aurelius Apollonios, overseer of the public dykes, and dated Pachon 2 in the year after the consulship of Constantius II (9th) and Julian Caesar (2nd), i.e. AD 358.
In English machine translation
After the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 9th time and Julian the most valiant and most illustrious Caesar for the 2nd time, Pachon 2.
To Aurelius Apollonios son of Apollonios, gymnasiarch, councillor, overseer of the public dykes of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
from the Aurelii Herakleides son of Philiskos and Ouris son of Horos, both komarchs of the village of Mouchinaxap in the third pagus of the same nome. We give and nominate, at our own risk, for the clearing of the public dykes belonging to our village in the present year 34 and 3, the persons written below, who are well-to-do and suitable for the service. They are: the Aurelii, clearers,
Thonios son of Amois,
Isidoros son of Philoxenos,
both from the same village.
We, the Aurelii Herakleides son of Philiskos and Horis son of Horos, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Paulos son of Petros, wrote on their behalf because they do not know letters.
"Year 34 and 3" is the Oxyrhynchite double era year count. The komarchs nominate "at their own risk", meaning they were liable if the nominees failed to serve.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nomination to a Liturgy). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.