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Dyke-work certificate for five days' labour on the Epagathian canal TM 11703Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)159 - 160

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A certificate of compulsory dyke labour from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, dated in year 23 of Antoninus Pius (AD 159/160). It records that Stotoetis son of Apynchis worked the required five days, Hathyr 10 to 14 of the previous year 22, on the Epagathian canal as a substitute for Petsiris son of Petesouchos. It is signed by the official Phanias.

In English machine translation

[C] Year 23 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked on the dykes for the past year 22, Hathyr 10 to 14, the prescribed five-day work at the Epagathian canal, of Soknopaiou (Nesos): Stotoetis son of Apynchis, on behalf of Petsiris son of Petesouchos, his mother being Herieus. I, Phanias, have signed.

The penthemeros was the five days of compulsory annual labour on dykes and canals owed by adult men. Here the work was done by a substitute on behalf of the man who owed it.

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 · 159 - 160 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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