Penthemeros certificate for dike work at Nilopolis TM 9665Nilopolis (Arsinoites)8. Sept. 114

A penthemeros certificate recording that a man, son of Satabous, performed his compulsory five days of labour on the dikes at a canal near Nilopolis in the Arsinoite nome. The work, owed for the 17th year of Trajan, was done on Thoth 7 to 11 of year 18, i.e. September AD 114.

In English machine translation

A penthemeros certificate attests the five days of compulsory annual labour on dikes and canals owed by adult men in Roman Egypt. The name of the canal and the worker's name are 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 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.