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Certificate of dike work at the Boubastos canal for Stotoetis son of Apynchis TM 11695Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)26. Juli 153

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A certificate recording that Stotoetis son of Apynchis, of Soknopaiou Nesos, performed his compulsory five-day stint of dike work at the Boubastos canal from Epeiph 28 to Mesore 2 in year 16 of Antoninus Pius. It notes he may not use another certificate, since he claims the earlier one was lost.

In English machine translation

Year 16 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked on the embankments in the same year 16, from Epeiph 28 to Mesore 2, at the canal of Boubastos, the 2nd five-day period. He is not to use another receipt (symbolon), because he says that it has been lost. Of Soknopaiou Nesos: Stotoetis son of Apynchis, grandson of Stotoetis, his mother being Tekiasis.

Such penthemeros certificates attest the annual five days of compulsory labour on embankments and canals. The clause about the lost receipt indicates this is a replacement certificate.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Juli 153 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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