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Certificate of dike corvée work at Tebtynis TM 11591Tebtynis (Arsinoites)10. Juli 153

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A certificate recording that Sasopis son of Kronion completed five days of compulsory dike work, Epeiph 12-16 of year 16 of Antoninus Pius, on the desert-edge canal of Tebtynis. It dates to July 153 AD.

In English machine translation

Year 16 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Sasopis son of Kronion son of Kronion, his mother being Taorsenouphis, has worked for the dike tax (?) of year 16, Epeiph 12 to 16, on the mountain canal with six sluice-gates (?) of Tebtynis. […]

Such certificates attest the obligatory five days of annual labour on dikes and canals (penthemeros), counted under the heading of chomatika (dike dues). The canal's epithet, read as 'six-gated', is uncertain.

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. Juli 153 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

ἔτους ιϛ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου ἉδριανοῦἈντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς. εἴργαςται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν τοῦ ιϛ ἔτους Ἐπὶφ ιβ ιϛ ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ διώρυγι ἑξαθύρῳ Τεβτύνεως Σασῶπις Κρονίωνος τοῦ Κρονίωνος μητρὸς Ταορσενούφεως. …ρ……θη