The village heads and other officials of Sentrypho in the Hermopolite nome nominate ten men as water-guards to the dyke-overseers of the southern district, guaranteeing that the nominees are suitable and will not desert. Dated 25 August 345.
In English machine translation
To Flavius Olympiodoros also called Asynkritios and Achilleus son of Eudaimon, dyke-overseers of the southern parts of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii Tyrannos son of Pinouttion and Pekysis son of Pathotes, komarchs, and […] son of Horos and Paniketos son of Pitheus and […] son of Silbanos and Hatres son of Panas and Eusebes son of […]ois and Penoution son of Na and Patos son of Klomis and Peeus son of Kollouthos, all from the village of Sentrypho in the same nome. We give and report for the water-guarding of the boundaries of the breach (?) of our village the water-guards registered below, who are well-to-do and suitable for the liturgy. If any of them deserts and we do not produce him, we ourselves shall bear responsibility on his behalf, or may we be liable to the divine oath and to the penalty concerning this. They are:
Peeus son of Neilos, Aroous son of Elias
Sois son of Kollouthos, Peeus son of Hatres
Silbanos son of Stephanos, Papnoutis son of Kastor
Herminos son of Hatres, Tyrannos son of Kastor
Paniketos son of Eudaimon, Dios son of Po…ylis
We the aforementioned public officials have submitted the water-guards for the watching of the water, as stated above.
In the consulship of Flavius Amantius and Flavius Albinus, the most illustrious, Epagomenai day 2. I, Aurelius Horion, wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters.
Water-guards (hydrophylakes) watched dykes and irrigation water during the Nile flood as a compulsory public service (liturgy). This is a duplicate copy of the same nomination.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.