Receipt (Certificate) for work performed for the penthemeral dyke corvȨe
Receipt (Certificate) for work performed on the embankments for the penthemeral dyke corvȨe
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 12257
Certificate of dyke work at Karanis performed by a substitute TM 12257Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt157 A.D.
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A certificate from Karanis recording that Syrion son of Isidoros did five days of compulsory work on the embankments, Hathyr 19 to 23, as a substitute for Pesouris son of Terautis. The work counted toward the obligation for the 20th year of Antoninus Pius.
In English machine translation
Year 21 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Syrion son of Isidoros has worked on the embankments for the past year 20, Hathyr 19 to 23, in the Epagathian (dyke) of Karanis, on behalf of Pesouris, whose mother is Terautis.
The five-day (penthemeral) dyke corvée was a labour obligation on adult men for maintaining irrigation embankments. The certificate is issued in year 21 for work owed for year 20, and the HGV date is the first day of the work, Hathyr 19.
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 Work on the Embankments). 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.mich.6.418
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