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Certificate of dike work at Philadelphia TM 10285Philadelphia (Arsinoites)20. Apr. 206

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A receipt certifying that Nemesianos completed his compulsory five days of labour on the dikes at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, from Pharmouthi 21 to 25 of year 14 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla (April 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 on the dikes for […] of the 14th year, Pharmouthi 21 to [25], at the dike of Pseinalitis (?) of Philadelphia, Nemesianos son of Sar[…].

Such certificates record the five days of compulsory annual labour on the irrigation dikes owed by inhabitants of Roman Egypt. The expansion of the dike name as Pseinalitis is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Attestation of Labor on the Dikes). 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 …ο χωμάτων ιδ ἔτους Φαρμοῦθι κα ἕως κε χῶμα Ψειναλίτιδος Φιλαδελφείας Νεμεσιανὸς Σαρ[…]