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A certificate of compulsory dike work (penthemeros) issued at Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome in AD 167. It records that Orsenouphis son of Orsenouphis completed his five days of work on the embankments, from Epeiph 21 to 25, and is signed by the official Leonides.
Every adult man owed five days a year of compulsory labour on the dikes and canals, and certificates like this proved the obligation had been met. 'Katasporeus' was a local official connected with sowing who here supervises the work; the Greek orders the name before the details of the work.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ζ Ἀντωνείνου καὶ Οὐήρου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν Μηδικῶν Παρθικῶν μεγίστων. εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦζ ἔτους Ἐπεὶφ κα ἕως κε ἐν ὀρεινῇ Πτολεμαίδος πλησίον Βακχιάδος Ὀρσενοῦφις Ὀρσενούφεως Καρύτιος Τασούχου. Λεωνίδης κατασπορεὺς σεσημείωμαι.
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