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Certificate of five days' dike work by Stotoetis son of Apynchis TM 10580Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)157 - 158

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A penthemeros certificate confirming that Stotoetis son of Apynchis performed his compulsory five days of labour on the dikes and canals in year 21 of Antoninus Pius. The work was done at the Epagathian canal of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome, and the certificate is signed by the official Mysthes.

In English machine translation

Year 21 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Has worked on the embankment works of the same year 21 […] to […] in the Epagathian (canal) of Soknopaiou Nesos: Stotoetis son of Apynchis, son of Stotoetis. I, Mysthes, have signed.

Penthemeros certificates attest the five days of compulsory annual labour on embankments owed by adult men in Roman Egypt. The days of the work and much of the formula are lost and restored from parallel certificates.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 157 - 158 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἔτους κα Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς. εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ κα ἔτους […]ἕως[…]ἐν τῇ Ἐπαγαθιανῇ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Στοτοῆτις Ἀπύγχεως τοῦ Στοτοήτιος. Μύσθης σεσημείωμαι.