Certificate of dike work by Kronion son of Kronion TM 11589Tebtynis (Arsinoites)118 - 138
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A dike-work certificate from Tebtynis in the Fayum, recording that Kronion son of Kronion completed five days of compulsory labour on the embankments at the southern canal of Tebtynis from Pauni 25 to 29 in a year of Hadrian's reign. An official signed it at the end.
In English machine translation
Such certificates confirmed that a man had done the five days of annual compulsory work on the canal embankments. The regnal year number and the signing official's name are lost.
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.
p.kron.67
ἔτους[…]ου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ· εἴργασται ἐφʼ ἡμέρας πέντε ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ … ἔτους Παῦνει κε κθ ἐν ἀπὸ νότου διώρυγι Τεβτύνεως Κρονίων Κρονίωνος τοῦ Τεῶτος μητρὸς Θεναπύγχεως. […]… σεσημείωμαι.