Receipt (Certificate) for work on the embankments
Certificate for work on the embankment performed by a Sarapion
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42710
Certificate for embankment work by Sarapion son of Sempronius TM 42710probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D. (March 18)
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A short ostracon certificate recording two days of work on the embankments by Sarapion son of Sempronius, dated Phamenoth 22 (18 March). It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
2 (days): Sarapion son of Sempronius, grandson of Stotoetis.
Phamenoth twenty-second.
The opening numeral 2 is taken to mean two days of compulsory dike work, as in similar embankment certificates. The text itself does not name the work, which is identified from its type.
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.2.832
β Σαραπίων Σεμπρωνίου Στοτοήτιος Φαμενὼθ δευτέρᾳ καὶ εἰκάδι.