DDbDP transcription: p.mich.11.618 [xml]
ca. AD 166-9 Bacchias
τῷ κρατ[ί]στῳ ἐπιστρατήγῳ
παρὰ Ψεν[α]μ̣ούνεως Ψεναμού-
νεως τοῦ̣ Ψ̣εναμούνεως
5ἀπὸ κώμης Βακχιάδος ἱερέ-
ος(*). ἔτι ἀπ̣ὸ̣ τοῦ ιη (ἔτους) θεοῦ Αἰ-
λίου Ἀντ̣ωνείνου ἐξ ἐνκε-
λεύσεω̣ς Σεμπρωνίου
Λιβελαρ̣[ί]ου(*) τοῦ ἡγεμονεύ-
10σαντος̣ ἀ̣πελύθην ἅμα
ἄλλοις̣ [ἀν]δράσιν ὡς ἀσ-
θενὴς τ̣[ο]ῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς· ὁ
οὖν τῆς̣ [Β]ακχιάδος κομο-
γραμματ̣[ε]ύς(*) καὶ ἐκβολεὺς
15χωμάτ[ω]ν̣ ὑπογύως ἐξέ-
βαλέν με̣ [ε]ἰς τὸ ἐργ̣ά̣σ̣α̣σ̣[θαι]
εἰς τὰ χ[ώματα -ca.?- ]
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
To his excellency Lucceius Ofellianus, epistrategos, from Psenamounis, son of Psenamounis and grandson of Psenamounis, from the village of Bacchias, priest.;As long ago as the 18th year of the deified Aelius Antoninus I, together with some other men, was by reason of my weak vision granted exemption (from corvȨe labor) by order of Sempronius Liberalis, who then served as prefect; well now, the village secretary and ekboleus chomaton of Bacchias has just assigned me to work on the [dikes - - -]