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 12259
Certificate of five days' work on the embankments at Karanis TM 12259Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt206 A.D.
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A certificate stating that a man named Ptol(…) performed his five days of compulsory labour on the embankments, Pharmouthi 15 to 19 of year 14 of Septimius Severus and his sons. It was issued at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 206.
In English machine translation
Year 14 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Caesars, and Publius Septimius Geta Caesar, Pius, Augustus.
Worked on the embankments for year 14, Pharmouthi 15 to 19, at Pse(…) of Karanis,
Ptol[…] son of (?) Sarap(…).
Such certificates record the obligatory five-day (penthemeral) dyke corvée owed each year by villagers. The place name abbreviated 'Pse' is probably a locality or dyke near Karanis; the worker's name is only partly legible.
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.6.420
ἔτους ιδ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος καὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Καισάρων καὶ Πουβλείου Σεπτιμίου Γέτα Καίσαρος Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωμάτων ιδ ἔτους Φαρμοῦθι ιε ἕως ιθ ἐν Ψε Καρανίδος Πτολ […]δω… Σαραπ.