Receipt (Certificate) for work on the embankments
Certificate for work on the embankments performed by a Horion
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42711
Certificate of embankment work by Horion son of Chrysas TM 42711probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D. (June 13, 21, 22 & 25)
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A short ostracon certificate recording that Horion son of Chrysas worked on the dykes and embankments on four days in June. It dates from the 3rd century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Year 5. Horion son of Chrysas, Pauni […] Epeiph 19, 27, 28, and on the first of the month (?); total, four: 4.
The day dates as written in the edition do not line up neatly with the catalogue's June dates, so the exact reading of the days is uncertain. Such dyke-work certificates recorded the compulsory annual labour each man owed on the irrigation embankments.
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.2.833
ε Ὡρίων Χρυσᾶ Παῦνι Ἐπεὶφ ιθ κζ κη νεομηνίᾳ, γίνονται τέσσαρες δ.