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Certificate of compulsory dike work by Pakebkis son of Kronion TM 11582Tebtynis (Arsinoites)3. Juni 131

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A certificate recording that Pakebkis son of Kronion completed five days of compulsory labour on the dikes at the hill canal of Tebtynis, 5 to 9 Pauni of Hadrian's 15th year. It is signed by Zoilos, the official supervising the sowing.

In English machine translation

Year fifteen of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus. Has worked for five days on the dike works of the same 15th year, Pauni 5 to 9, at the hill canal of Tebtynis: Pakebkis son of Kronion, grandson of Kronion, his mother being Taorsenouphis. I, Zoilos, katasporeus, have signed.

Every adult man in Roman Egypt owed five days of unpaid labour each year on the dikes and canals, and certificates like this proved the duty had been done. A katasporeus was a local official responsible for overseeing the sowing.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 3. Juni 131 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

ἔτους πεντεκαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ἐφʼ ἡμέρας πέντε ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιε ἔτους Παῦνι ε θ ἐν ὀρεινῇ διώρυγι Τεβτύνεως Πακῆβκις Κρονίωνος τοῦ Κρονίωνος μητρὸς Ταορσενούφεως. Ζώιλος σεσημείωμαι, κατασπορεύς.