Receipt (Certificate) for work on the embankments
Certificate for work on the embankments performed by a Petesouchos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42686
Certificate for embankment work by Petesouchos son of Onnophris TM 42686probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century/IInd century A.D. (August 28)
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A short ostracon certificate, probably from Karanis, recording work on the embankments credited to Petesouchos son of Onnophris. It is dated to the fifth intercalary day of year 1 of an unnamed emperor (28 August), in the 1st or 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Year 1 of the lord, intercalary day 5.
Petesouchos son of Onnophris, grandson of Haunes (?),
sacred (?) [...] workmen 2.
The last line is obscure: 'hiero' may refer to a sacred (temple) category or be an abbreviation. 'Workmen 2' may mean the work of two labourers or two units of work. The emperor is not named, which is why the year cannot be fixed more precisely.
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.2.808
α ἔτους τοῦ κυρίου ἐπαγομένων ε Πετεσοῦχος Ὀννώφρεως Αὐνέους ἱερο ἐργάτας β.