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List of men liable for compulsory dike work at Dinnis TM 9525Philadelphia (Arsinoites)229 - 230

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A list submitted by Aurelius Aphrodisios, village and district scribe of Dinnis, naming the men liable for compulsory dike work in year 9 of Severus Alexander. It gives totals by category (sons of veterans, cattle-keepers, slaves) and then lists individual men by name and patronymic.

In English machine translation

[column 1] From Aurelius Aphrodisios, amphodokomogrammateus of Dinnis. List, man by man, of those obliged to carry out the dike work […] the works of the present year 9 of our lord Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus. It is as follows: In the past year 8, men 366 … sons of veterans, men [6], cattle-keepers, men 6, […] men 16 […] men 6 slaves, men 6 total of these, men 40. […] [column 2] […] son of Ekysis N[…] Her[…] Mysthes son of Katabolis likewise Marcus son of Pasis Sabinus son of Heron Peeiaois, his brother Diogas son of Herakles Euporas son of Heronas Aphrodisios son of Pasion Heron son of Ammonios Tinkis son of Kloreus Pasis, his brother Peteesis, another (brother) Heron, another brother Aunes son of Petronius Harmikis son of Heron, Seris Pisaeis son of Pebas Heron, his brother Fabius son of Melas Kephas son of Ammonios Orsenouphis son of Petechon Petechon, his son S[…]sis, another (son) Kopres son of Eke…sis […] [column 3] Pra[…] Kopres […] [… 2 lines lost …] N[…] Kom[…] Heron, his son Dioskoros son of Peikatys Diogenes […] Ekysis son of Mysthes Eleis son of Er[…] Sarapion […] Am[…] Kopres […] Kiapis […] Epi[…] Po[…] Se[…] Ka[…] P[…] K[…] […] [… lines lost …]

The amphodokomogrammateus was a scribe responsible for a village or quarter; the dike work (chomatika erga) was an annual compulsory labour obligation on Egypt's 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 Liste von Dammfronpflichtigen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 229 - 230 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

[1] παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἀφροδισίου ἀμφοδοκωμογραμματέως Δίννεως. κατʼ ἄνδρα τῶν ὀφειλόντων ἀπεργάζεσθαι τὰ χωματικὰ […] τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος θ ἔτους τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Αὐτοκράτορος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ. ἔστι δέ· ἐν τῷ διεληλυθότι η ἔτει ἄνδρες τξ…