Receipt (Certificate) for Work on the Embankments
Probably a certificate for work on the embankments performed by Charidemos and his sons
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42047
Certificate for embankment work by Charidemos and his sons TM 42047probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Charidemos son of Leonidas and his sons Sarapion and Leonidas completed 3 naubia of earthwork, probably on the dikes and canals. It is dated Thoth 23 and comes probably from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Thoth 23.
Charidemos son of Leonidas and Sarapion his son and Leonidas, another (son), delivered 3 naubia.
A naubion was a unit of earth moved (a cubic measure) used to reckon compulsory work on dikes and canals. The phrase 'another (son)' reflects the reading of the abbreviated word as 'allos'; the text says 'son' only once.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt (Certificate) for Work on the Embankments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.mich.1.284
Θὼθ κγ Χαρίδημος Λεωνίδου καὶ Σαραπίων υἱὸς καὶ Λεωνίδης ἄλλος παρέδοσαν ναύβια τρία .