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Certificate of compulsory dike work by Harphaesis son of Kronion TM 11583Tebtynis (Arsinoites)10. Juni 131

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A certificate recording that Harphaesis son of Kronion completed his five days of compulsory labour on the dikes at the mountain canal of Tebtynis in June of Hadrian's 15th year. It is signed by the official Didymos also called Eunas.

In English machine translation

Year fifteen of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus. Has worked for five days on the dike works of the same 15th year, Pauni 12 to 16, at the mountain canal of Tebtynis: Harphaesis son of Kronion son of Socheus, his mother being Thenapynchis. (Signed) Didymos also called Eunas.

Such certificates attest the annual five-day corvée on dikes and canals owed by adult males in Roman Egypt. The 'mountain canal' is the canal on the desert edge of the village territory.

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 · 10. Juni 131 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

ἔτους πεντεκαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ἐφʼ ἡμέρας πέντε ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιε ἔτους Παῦνι ιβ ιϛ ἐν ὀρεινῇ διώρυγι Τεβτύνεως Ἁρφαῆσις Κρονίωνος Σοχέως μητρὸς Θεναπύγχεως. Δίδυμος ὁ καὶ Εὐνᾶς.