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[C] ἔτους ἐνάτου Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος ἕως μηνὸς Καισαρείου η ἐν κληρ ἠργάσατο τὴν πενθήμερον. Παπάις Παπάιτος Ἀχιλλᾶς ἀπὸ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Διονύσιος σεσημείωμαι.
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Certificate of five-day dike work by Papais from Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11635Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)1. Aug. 49
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A certificate recording that Papais son of Papais from Soknopaiou Nesos completed his five days of compulsory work on the dikes and canals. It is dated to year 9 of Claudius, 8 Kaisareios (1 August AD 49), and is signed by the official Dionysios.
In English machine translation
[C]
Year 9 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, up to the 8th of the month Kaisareios, in the kleros (?), Papais son of Papais, (grandson of?) Achillas, from Soknopaiou Nesos, performed the five-day work.
I, Dionysios, have signed.
The penthemeros was the annual five-day compulsory labour on the irrigation works owed by men of the Fayum. The abbreviated words 'en kler' are uncertain and may refer to a plot of land (kleros) where the work was done.
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.