p.kron.56
ἔτους τετάρτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ὑπὲρχωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ δ ἔτους Ἐπὶφ ιβ ιϛ ἐν ὀρεινῇ διώρυγι Τεβτύνεως Κρονίων Χεῶτος τοῦ Ἁρμιύσιος μητρὸς Ταορσενούφεως. Ακ[…]… Εὐχ σεσημείωμαι.
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A certificate recording that Kronion son of Cheos performed his compulsory five days of labour on the dikes and canals near Tebtynis in Epeiph of Hadrian's 4th year. It is signed by the official responsible.
Such certificates attested the five days of annual corvée labour on the irrigation works required of adult men in Roman Egypt. The canal name 'Mountain canal' is a restoration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificato di corvée alle dighe). 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 τετάρτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ὑπὲρχωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ δ ἔτους Ἐπὶφ ιβ ιϛ ἐν ὀρεινῇ διώρυγι Τεβτύνεως Κρονίων Χεῶτος τοῦ Ἁρμιύσιος μητρὸς Ταορσενούφεως. Ακ[…]… Εὐχ σεσημείωμαι.
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