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Certificate of five days' dyke work at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9668Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)18. - 24. Juli 140

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A penthemeros certificate, a receipt confirming that a man from Soknopaiou Nesos, son of Onnophris, did his compulsory five days' labour on the dykes and canals in year 3 of Antoninus Pius. It was signed by an official named Satabous in July AD 140.

In English machine translation

Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked on the dyke works of the same year 3, for […] days, in accordance with the orders, Epeiph 2[…] […] […] of Soknopaiou Nesos, [so-and-so] son of Onnophris, son of Onnophris, [his mother being so-and-so]. (Signed) Satabous: I have signed.

A penthemeros certificate attests the five days of compulsory annual labour on the irrigation dykes owed by adult men in Roman Egypt. The worker's own name and the exact days are lost.

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.13.2259

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 18. - 24. Juli 140 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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