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A certificate recording that Psenamounis, a Memphite, performed his compulsory five days of work on the dikes and canals near the village of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, from Pharmouthi 18 to 22 of year 17 of Septimius Severus and his sons (April 209).
Such certificates attested the annual five-day corvée on irrigation works (chomatika). 'Memphite' may be a nickname or an indication of origin rather than residence.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificato di lavoro alle dighe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ιζ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος καὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστῶν καὶ Πουβλίου Σεπτιμίου Γέτα Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ιζ Φαρμοῦθι ιη ἕως κβ ἐν χωρίῳ κώμης Φιλαδελφείας Ψεναμοῦνις Μεμφίτης
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