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Penthemeros certificate for dike work on the Drymeitis canal TM 25963Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)96 - 97

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A penthemeros certificate from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, attesting that Tesenouphis son of Psenamounis did his compulsory five-day labour on the dikes at the Drymeitis canal in the first year of an emperor. Three officials, Dios, Ptolemaios and Stratos, signed it.

In English machine translation

Year 1 of Imperator […] Worked on the Drymeitis canal, for the dike work of the same first year, of Soknopaiou Nesos: Tesenouphis son of Psenamounis, grandson of Harpagathes, mother Stotoetis. I, Dios, have signed. I, Ptolemaios, have signed. I, Stratos, have signed.

A penthemeros certificate confirmed that a man had done his annual five days of compulsory work on the dikes and canals. The emperor's name is lost; the date AD 96-97 points to the first year of Nerva.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Penthemeros-Certificate). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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bgu.13.2255

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 96 - 97 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἔτους πρώτου Αὐτοκράτορος …[…]…α…[…]… ἐν τῇ Δρυμειτίδι διώρυγι εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωμάτων τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρώτου ἔτους Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Τεσενοῦφις Ψεναμούνεως τοῦ Ἁρπαγάθου μητρὸς Στοτοήτιος Δῖος σεσημείωμαι Πτολεμαῖος σεσημείωμαι Στράτος σεσημείωμαι