Receipt (Certificate) for work on the embankments
Certificate for work on the embankments performed by an Aphrodisios and his two sons
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42692
Certificate for embankment work by Aphrodisios and his sons TM 42692probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IInd century/(early) IIIrd century A.D. (August 21)
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A short ostracon certificate recording that Aphrodisios, his son Aunes and another son Horos delivered or completed three units, understood as work on the embankments. It is dated Year 1, Mesore 28 (21 August), in the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Year 1, Mesore 28. Aphrodisios son of Auneis, and Aunes his son, and Horos, another (son), have delivered three.
The text does not say what the 'three' are; the catalogue interprets it as a certificate for dike work, perhaps three days or three units. The Greek 'Auneious' is read here as 'son of Auneis', and 'another' is taken as another son, following the catalogue's 'two sons'.
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.2.814
α ἔτους Μεσορὴ κη Ἀφροδίσιος Αὐνείους καὶ Αὐνῆς υἱὸς καὶ Ὧρος ἄλλος παρέδωκαν τρία .