One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11941

Certificate of dike-work on the desert canal at Theogonis TM 11941Theogonis (Arsinoites)157 - 158

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A certificate of compulsory labour on the dikes, recording that Diodoros son of Heroninos worked two days, Phaophi 20 and 21 of the previous regnal year, on the desert canal at Theogonis in the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome. It was issued in year 21 of Antoninus Pius (AD 157-158).

In English machine translation

Year 21 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked [for the dike-work] of the past year 20, Phaophi 20 and 21, the [2 days], on the desert canal of the Polemon division, of Theogonis. Diodoros son of Heroninos […] Ischyriaines […] of Antoninus […] […]

Such certificates prove that a man performed his yearly obligatory five days of dike and canal work. The closing lines, probably the names of the supervising officials, are badly damaged.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificate of Performance of Corvée). 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.mert.3.103

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 157 - 158 · Theogonis (Arsinoites)

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