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Certificate for two days' dike work at the Epagathian canal TM 10723Arsinoites

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A dike-work certificate recording that Phaesis son of Stotoetis worked two days, Mesore 16 and 17, on the Epagathian canal at Soknopaiou Nesos in year 3 of Antoninus Pius. The certificate is signed by the official Harpokras.

In English machine translation

Year three of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked on the dikes for the same year 3, for two days, in accordance with the orders, Mesore 16 and 17, at the Epagathian canal of Soknopaiou Nesos: Phaesis son of Stotoetis, grandson of Stotoetis, his mother being Soueris. I, Harpokras, have signed.

Such certificates usually attest the compulsory five-day (penthemeros) dike labour; this one records two additional days.

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 for Two Extra Days’ Work). 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 · Arsinoites

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