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Dike-work certificate for Ptollis son of Apollonios TM 10070Philadelphia (Arsinoites)20. Apr. 206

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A certificate of compulsory labour on the dikes, recording that Ptollis son of Apollonios worked on a dike near Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome for five days, Pharmouthi 21 to 25. It dates to year 14 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AD 206.

In English machine translation

Year 14 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti, and Publius Septimius Geta Caesar Augustus. Has worked for the dike-tax (?) of year 14, Pharmouthi 21 to 25, on the dike of Psei (?) of Philadelphia: Ptollis son of Apollonios.

"Chomatika" refers to the annual five-day obligation of dike and canal maintenance required of Egyptian villagers. "Psei" is uncertain and may be the name of a locality or of the dike.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificat de travail ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν). 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 · 20. Apr. 206 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ἔτους ιδ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος καὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστῶν καὶ Πουβλίου Σεπτιμίου Γέτα Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ιδ ἔτους Φαρμοῦθι κα ἕως κε ἐν χώματι Ψει Φιλαδελφείας Πτόλλις Ἀπολλωνίου