Certificate for work on the embankments
Five scribes took part in the writing of this certificate. In l. 8 the word ses�mei�mai is not contracted, as it usually is, but is written in full. The document has been folded twice.
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Certificate of embankment work by Pauchis son of Psenobimachos TM 20997UnknownA.D. 156
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A certificate stating that Pauchis son of Psenobimachos and Taonnophris performed his compulsory work on the dikes and canals for year 19 of Antoninus Pius (AD 156), from Pachon 6 onward. It is signed by an official named Ophelas.
In English machine translation
Year 19 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Has worked on behalf of the embankment tax for the same 19th year, Pachon 6 to 1[…]:
Pauchis son of Psenobimachos, mother Taonnophris.
I, Ophelas, have signed.
The chomatika was an obligation of five days' labour on the embankments each year, and certificates like this proved it had been done. The end date of the work period is illegible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificate for 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.fouad.1.60
ἔτους ιθ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς, εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιθ ἔτους Παχὼν ϛ ἕως ι………… Παῧχις Ψενοβιμάχου μητρὸς Ταοννώφριος Ὠφελᾶς σεσημείωμαι