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A certificate stating that Panephremmis son of Satabous, of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, completed his compulsory five days of work on the dikes and canals at the Sebennytos canal, 8 to 12 Epeiph in year 11 of Antoninus Pius. It is signed by an official named Longinus.
Such 'penthemeros' certificates attest the five days of compulsory annual labour on embankments and canals required of Egyptian villagers. The general formula was likely pre-written, with details added later.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Penthemeros-Certificate). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Cursive, written along the fibres. Preisigke explains that the more general parts of this sort of certificate must have been pre-written and kept in supply, while the detail would have been addded by an overseer and signed by a high-up official.
ἔτους ἑνδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ια ἔτους Ἐπεὶφ η ιβ ἐν διώρυγι Σεβεννύτιδι Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Πανεφρέμμις Σαταβοῦτος τοῦ Σαταβοῦτος μητρὸς Σεγαθιος Λογγῖνος σεσημείωμαι.
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