Work on the Embankments
Certificate for labour carried out on the maintenance of canals and embankments
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Certificate of embankment work by Petesouchos son of Bion TM 10922�mm el'AtlA.D. 197
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A certificate recording that Petesouchos son of Bion performed his compulsory five days of work on the canal embankments from Pauni 15 to 19 of year 5 of Septimius Severus. The work was done near Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum) in AD 197.
In English machine translation
Year 5 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus.
Worked for the embankment dues of year 5, Pauni 15 to 19,
in the hill district of Ptolemais (?) Bakchias:
Petesouchos son of Bion,
Melleas (?).
The work was a five-day labour obligation on dykes and canals, known as chomatika. The abbreviated place phrase and the final word Melleatos (perhaps a grandfather's name or a nickname) are of uncertain interpretation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Work on the Embankments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.fay.79
ἔτους ε Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ε ἔτους Παῦνι ιε ἕως ιθ ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ Πτολεμαίδος Βακχιάδος Πετεσοῦχος Βίωνος Μελλεᾶτος.