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Certificate of dike work on the Porsiere canal by Psenamounis TM 11263Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)51 - 52

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A certificate confirming that Psenamounis son of Harpagathes, a sieve-maker from Soknopaiou Nesos, performed five days of compulsory dike work on the navigable Porsiere canal. It is dated to year 12 of the emperor Claudius (AD 51-52) and signed by Korax and by Souchion, secretary of the royal scribe.

In English machine translation

Year twelve of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. Worked on the navigable Porsiere canal for 5 days for the embankments of the same year, (from) Soknopaiou Nesos: Psenamounis son of Harpagathes, sieve-maker. I, Korax, have signed. I, Souchion, secretary of the royal scribe, have signed.

Such certificates recorded the five days of annual compulsory labour on embankments and canals required of adult men in Roman Egypt. The occupation abbreviation koskin(eutes) is taken as sieve-maker or sifter.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificat de travail aux digues). 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 · 51 - 52 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἔτους δωδεκάτου Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος εἰργάσατο ἐν διώρυγι Πορσιερῇ πλωτῇ ἐφʼ ἡμέρας ε ὑπὲρ χωμάτων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Ψεναμοῦνις Ἁρπαγάθου κοσκινευτής. Κόραξ σεσημείωμαι. Σουχίων γραμματεὺς βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως σεσημείωμαι.