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ἔτους τετάρτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ἐφʼ ἡμέρας πέντε ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους, Ἐπὶφ ιβ ιϛ, ἐν ὀρεινῇ διώρυγι Τεβτύνεως, Ἁρφαῆσις Κρονίωνος τοῦ Τεῶτος, μητρὸς Θεναπύγχεως. σεσημείωμαι ε…[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11579
Certificate of dike labour by Harphaesis son of Kronion TM 11579Tebtynis (Arsinoites)10. Juli 120
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A certificate of compulsory labour on the dikes, recording that Harphaesis son of Kronion worked five days, Epeiph 12 to 16, on the embankments at the desert canal of Tebtynis. It dates to year 4 of Hadrian (AD 120).
In English machine translation
Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus. Has worked for 5 days on the embankment works of the same year, Epeiph 12 to 16, at the desert canal of Tebtynis,
Harphaesis son of Kronion, grandson of Teos, his mother being Thenapynchis.
Signed, […]
Such certificates attested the five days of annual compulsory embankment work (chomatika erga) owed by villagers. The 'desert canal' (oreine dioryx) was the canal along the edge of the desert.
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.