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Certificate of five-day dike work by Paous son of Satabous TM 11633Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)1. Aug. 49

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A certificate of compulsory labour on the dikes and canals, stating that Paous son of Satabous of Soknopaiou Nesos performed his five-day work stint in year 9 of Claudius. It was signed by the official Dionysios and dates to 1 August AD 49.

In English machine translation

[A] Year 9 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, up to the month Kaisareios 8, at the kleros (?) he worked the five-day period. Paous son of Satabous, from Soknopaiou Nesos. I, Dionysios, have signed.

The penthemeros was the annual five-day labour obligation on irrigation works required of adult men in Roman Egypt. The abbreviation 'klēr' probably refers to a plot (kleros) or locality where the work was done and is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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.lond.2.165a

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Aug. 49 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

[A] ἔτους ἐνάτου Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος ἕως μηνὸς Καισαρείου η ἐν κληρ ἠργάσατο τὴν πενθήμερον. Παοῦς Σαταβοῦτος ἀπὸ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Διονύσιος σεσημείωμαι