One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42398

List of men's names, perhaps liturgical workers TM 42398probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.

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An ostracon listing eleven men, each identified by his father's name, perhaps workers performing compulsory public service. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

Miyseus son of Amoilos Pelalis son of Kasios Apollos son of Apollonios Melas son of Sokrates Peeous son of Ptolemaios Priskos son of Eudaimon Komon son of Kallonios Ouales son of Sarapion Ptollas, his brother Patisis son of Isidoros Heron son of Heron

The purpose of the list is not stated; the suggestion that these were liturgical (compulsory service) workers is only a conjecture.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Names). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

List of Names

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · O.Mich.inv. 9101 · (Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D. · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

List of names, perhaps of liturgical workers

o.mich.1.614

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · (Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D. · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Μιύσεως Ἀμοΐλου Πελᾶλις Κασίου Ἀπολλῶς Ἀπολλωνίου Μέλας Σωκράτους Πεηοῦς Πτολεμαίου Πρίσκος Εὐδαίμονος Κόμων Καλλωνίου Οὐαλὲς Σαραπίωνος Πτολλᾶς ἀδελφός Πατῖσις Ἰσιδώρου Ἥρων Ἥρωνος